Example sentences of "or used " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some children despise their fathers because they work , or used to work , for the Israeli occupier . |
| 2 | Then there 's a lady over here who comes or used to come on a regular basis a couple of times a month she comes now a couple of times a year . |
| 3 | companies whose equity share capital has been subject to a marketing arrangement as described in Section 163(2) ( b ) of the Companies Act 1985 at any time during the 10 years prior to the relevant date ( e.g. companies whose shares have been traded on the USM or used to be traded on the 3rd Market ) ; |
| 4 | It also applies to companies resident in the Irish Republic if they are listed on the Stock Exchange , are traded on the USM , or under Stock Exchange Rule 535.3 or used to be traded on the 3rd Market . |
| 5 | Well er I think that getting away the oh you live in Nottingham , oh fancy that you know , you , you know where you 're starting , you know , everyone either works for Boots or used to work for Boots and , you know , you 've got a rough idea , you , you , you do n't need to go into the oh fancy that you know , all that 's arranged so erm I think i i it 's , i i i it 's the middle of September when we either go to Los Angeles , I think we go to Los Angeles , and fool around Hollywood and San Diego and places and down to see a and then away off to erm Las Vegas and Flagstaff you know about this meteor crater in Flagstaff , that apparently is why you go to Flagstaff tt a meteor came , the meteor crater is there tt and then the Grand Canyon and go through national park which San Francisco and erm spend erm two or three days there and then come back again . |
| 6 | We tend to say that , or used to say that . |
| 7 | I 've always thought of class in the following way — I think that , that class is broadly , or used to be broadly , ways in which people live . |