Example sentences of "what we used [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That Boy 's a bit exclusive today , is n't he ? ’ that was what we used to say , the joke being that actually Boy was there nearly every day right from the start ; and every day that he was there , he went home with someone . |
| 2 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 3 | Er , on th on the , on the big planes you see like when what we used to take twenty eight twenty eight out |
| 4 | What we used to do — you know in the olden days , the ladies used to use stays . |
| 5 | In fact if I 'd known I was coming here I could have brought you some in , let you seen what we used to do . |
| 6 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 7 | You see well the point was when you pick 'em up erm we had a sm we had a big boat , what we called hanger boat , a very heavy boat and that used to have a wooden so therefore we used to pull it up by hand and pull it ove on a little barrel with a hand power that 's what we used to do and once we got the anchor in board we 'd pull the chain in by hand and then rerun it again right on to the mud and on the anchor again . |
| 8 | It was funny in my day , when I first started there you used to get , mix up some size and er in a pot , in a proper pot and take it down into the mess room and put it on the stove , coal stove , heat it up and you let it boil over there was a terrific smell about the place you can imagine , the size but that 's what we used to do in those days . |
| 9 | That 's what we used to do with these ships . |
| 10 | And that 's what we used to do . |
| 11 | Its what we used to do in the 2nd div championship year , and even in the first division the first year up . |
| 12 | So today we reverted back to what we used to do and it 's traditional dishes which quite frankly , what we build empires on , sausages , mash and onions , steak pie , chips and peas . |
| 13 | It 's what we used to do if we took them off a line and got them cleaning up , it 's a token tow pound ten a day . |
| 14 | It 'll be interesting in the year two thousand and ninety to look back and see what we used to do in the nineteen nineties . |
| 15 | what we used to do at the gym ? |
| 16 | No , that was what we used to do were n't it ? |
| 17 | So what we used to do , when we played with Michael |
| 18 | He said , what we used to do he said |
| 19 | But I soon learnt to get those cows out without messing up my nice clean cow shed , what we used to do , because wanting to get the first one out very quietly , I used to put my hand on the tail , press the tail to the backside and push her out ! |
| 20 | Yes , I know , but erm that was sugar beet now , of course we got to clomp back , with feed , do you know we used to eat that , because we were always hungry too , no matter how well they fed us , we used to eat raw swede and we used to I tell you what we used to do ! |
| 21 | Harry Dean Stanton is what we used to call the embodiment of anomie , cynical and dried-up , Estevez is dopey and deadpan and the only sane character is a derelict who believes in aliens and that ‘ The more you drive , the less intelligent you are ’ . |
| 22 | Nurseries , or rather what we used to call Market Gardens , where strawberries , soft fruit and vegetables are grown , are able to rest areas between crops and take full advantage of the scratching hen , who manures evenly as she works . |
| 23 | What we used to call ‘ dyed . ’ |
| 24 | Longer ago , what we used to call ‘ helped . ’ |
| 25 | And er oh , we used to have plenty of er stews , and dumplings in it , or er spotted dick , what we used to call it , with a c sauce on it . |
| 26 | And on that side , what we fireplace it used to be what we used to call a boiler , you used to fill it with water and it used to the fire used to heat it for you to take it we used to call what we used to call ladle it out into a a bowl to wash your pots with or wash your floor with or anything with . |
| 27 | And on that side , what we fireplace it used to be what we used to call a boiler , you used to fill it with water and it used to the fire used to heat it for you to take it we used to call what we used to call ladle it out into a a bowl to wash your pots with or wash your floor with or anything with . |
| 28 | And and then what we used to call . |
| 29 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |
| 30 | ‘ They call it hospital now — what we used to call the asylum . |