Example sentences of "she used " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have saved herself about thirty pounds a week having you there , because she used to pay her neighbour to look after the two children for her while she was out at work . ’ |
| 2 | A teacher and mother of six children ( the youngest is now 12 ) , she used to run a playschool and was also a registered childminder . |
| 3 | She used to be a check-out girl in [ name of supermarket ] . |
| 4 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 5 | She used to spend her whole day locked in a basement room with her sister-in-law and the four young children they had between them . |
| 6 | I knew all about it in theory because I had a young Bhabi and she used to tell her friends about her experiences and I used to overhear ( laughs ) . |
| 7 | She wo n't have anything to do with the boy and my husband has said she used to mistreat him . |
| 8 | It 's so sad because she used to be such a lively and outgoing person . |
| 9 | I 'm glad about that , cos to tell the truth , she used to get a bit strange sometimes after she took them . |
| 10 | Whack , whack , whack , she used to go and clouds of dust would fly all about . |
| 11 | She 's fat and she used to cuddle me and Annie . |
| 12 | And she used to make up these stories and tell them to me . |
| 13 | I do n't think she meant to — I spect she forgot , cos it 's a good brush and she used to use it all the time . |
| 14 | I wish she was here , sitting next to me on the bench , holding my hand like she used to . |
| 15 | She could n't read or nothing cos she was too little , but she used to tell me stories — you know , made up ones like . |
| 16 | But she was no intellectual and , apart from a passion for the ballet , which she used to attend with her grandmother , Ruth , Lady Fermoy , she was like any ordinary teenager . |
| 17 | ‘ She used to be a bit of a lost soul , ’ says Jakki , ‘ but she 's changed a lot recently and I think that 's all down to Michael Hutchence . |
| 18 | One is the Prime Minister , who now bills and coos where she used to bellow . |
| 19 | She used to engineer situations by throwing freak-outs and being very of-the-wall on more than one occasion . |
| 20 | Mrs Noble , he said , thought him completely immoral and his own parents were chary of allowing Helen to visit him in his study bedroom at Shelgate Road as she used to do , although , he informed Harry , ‘ Mother knows Helen so well and likes her so much . ’ |
| 21 | Long ago , when she was very young , yes , in those days she used to wave like that . |
| 22 | ‘ Come , ’ she used to say , ‘ as long as you do n't think he 's wasting your time . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Here are your filthy sheets , ’ she used to say . |
| 24 | If he made a joke and she realized it was one , she used to butt him in the chest — she was much shorter — and say ‘ You 're silly ! ’ |
| 25 | She used to cycle to them to save money . |
| 26 | ‘ You are no good to me , ’ she used to say . |
| 27 | She used to get angry and go and pull the bedclothes off Anthony and his friends to make them get up and get out . |
| 28 | ‘ Main thing is , ’ she used to explain , ‘ we have to act natural , because that 's what they done , none of your fancy airs and graces . |
| 29 | ‘ She used to pretend her egg was Adolf Hitler , ’ said Mrs Hollidaye . |
| 30 | ‘ You know what ? ’ he giggled , ‘ when she was a kid she used to think that cockerels laid pot eggs . ’ |