Example sentences of "he used [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah oh he 's er what happened to him , right he used to like a drink when he were here . |
| 2 | When he first started out , he used to wear a pair of very baggy , red striped pyjamas ! |
| 3 | He went to er College , and he used to wear a mortar board , cos that 's the tassel hanging down , and this here thing . |
| 4 | He used to wear a Halloween mask to hide his birthmark when he played with his wee friends . |
| 5 | In order to keep the boys separate from the girls he used to draw a chalk line down the middle of our meeting room , and when we got carried away and crossed the line he would burst into a ferocious rage , pick up anything that was to hand — usually a book — and throw it at the offender , who had to duck fast in order not to be hit . |
| 6 | He used to own a garage , that one with the big car showrooms on the High Street . |
| 7 | ‘ My father was an atheist , yet he used to mark a cross on the top of bread before cutting it . |
| 8 | ‘ You can always tell the ones he did , he used to put a little devil in the corner , do you remember that ? ’ |
| 9 | The rabbits he used to put a snare down for , and erm if we were lucky we got one . |
| 10 | He we used he used to put a in the little front garden like you know . |
| 11 | Similarly , he used to take a healthy interest in his wife 's bowel movements , as is meet . |
| 12 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 13 | He claimed he used to hold a tie round Murray 's arm as he injected himself . |
| 14 | But he was reserved , and he used to do a lot of thinking , especially on the golf course where he used to keep himself to himself . |
| 15 | They used to call him ‘ Stan the Man ’ at Hartsbourne where he used to do a bit of spare-time caddying . |
| 16 | He used to do a show for me sometimes . |
| 17 | He used to recount a parable of a clean spring and a stagnant pond . |
| 18 | Course he , he used to know a lot of them round there , because there was more houses at the top of than there is now and all round there you know . |
| 19 | He used to run a flower shop called Europlants Limited , at Hinders Yard , off Ermine Street . |
| 20 | The only people what did have a motor in that , at that particular time was the harbourmaster of Pinn Mill cos they always used to call er er er one bloke down there who used to moor the ships up at Bottoman 's Bay and er th th th he used to get a retainer from the Ipswich Dock Commission and all he w all he had to do was make sure that was clear of , for shipping , if there was a yacht in the way he 'd go and tell them to move and he was what the we used to call him Pinn Mill Harbourmaster . |
| 21 | He used to stay a lot with the Broughs at Balnamenoch that was further down the glen . |
| 22 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 23 | Half a crown And you used to come away with a big piece of flat brisket and if he 's got any sausage left , or bits a of pork pies , he used to shove a bit of that in . |
| 24 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 25 | Until his mother died he used to pay a routine Wednesday visit but , of course , that 's stopped now . ’ |
| 26 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 27 | " Aye , but he used to keep a few beasts years ago . |
| 28 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 29 | Instead , Wilby left the Midland Bank in Barnsley with a £2,500 cheque account , which he used to buy a car . |
| 30 | He was er you know , he used to stammer a lot . |