Example sentences of "used say [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A common leave-taking , they used to say at school . |
| 2 | Somehow I managed to remember that it will shortly be your birthday , so Many Happies , as we used to say at school . |
| 3 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 4 | erm Sam Sodding , and it used to , but I used to say to mother why did they call him Sam Sodding ? |
| 5 | Two hairs past a freckle we used to say in work er , school ! |
| 6 | I think that the competition will continue to increase , I mean this is not an industry where one has a soft trick and a lie down as we used to say in shipbuilding , I mean it really is a grind and a slog , and I think it 's important for all of our employees to understand that er there never will come a point in time when we can say ‘ right we 've got that done , we can lie back ’ . |
| 7 | So you used to say in business letters things like I should be grateful if . |