Example sentences of "i used to have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through our interpreter , Christine , he said , ‘ I used to have many more mementoes from my naval career , but the British ’ — he seemed to speak not of us but of some distant tribe — ‘ looted them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It sounds so silly when I think about it now , ’ says a disappointed daughter in Pitkeathley 's book , ‘ but I used to have this image of us sitting together in the afternoons . |
| 3 | My erm , when I was little , I used to have this reoccuring dream , and it was really , really scary , and I just , I used to get really scared , I did n't want to go to sleep , in case I had this reoccuring dream , and what it was , was erm , I do n't know , I , I think I did n't like swimming when I was little , so that might , what sparked it off , and I could n't swim for ages |
| 4 | I used to have some white friends at school but they fell away . |
| 5 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 6 | That 's what everyone says , oh I used to have those . |
| 7 | I used to have these dreams , you know , that it might be possible . |