Example sentences of "you used " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You used to be a teacher ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yeah , Steve said you used to be a university lecturer . ’ |
| 3 | You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’ |
| 4 | I mean , who was good when you used to teach ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You used to give lessons to children , so you say . |
| 6 | You used to walk to the store ; now you ride . |
| 7 | You used to shop daily , now it 's weekly . |
| 8 | But it seems a shame not to challenge yourself because other people say you 're not as good as you used to be . |
| 9 | HOWARD : … you used to believe in the British Empire . |
| 10 | ‘ You used to have many admirers , ’ the mother changed . |
| 11 | You have changed so much , you are a different person from what you used to be . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Success is n't the most important thing , it 's got most to do with where you live , which team you support , or where you used to live before you got moved out … you go back there , support your old team . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ About how you used to play together . ’ |
| 14 | Do you borrow for items you used to buy with cash ? |
| 15 | Therefore when you finish a diet , returning to eating an average amount , the amount you used to eat to maintain a constant weight , will result in you putting on fat . |
| 16 | Thinking of , for example , those summer vacation sessions you used to have with the Berlin players in Saint-Moritz in the 1960s and '70s , I am sure one day people are going to be looking back to all this as some great Golden Age that has now gone for good . |
| 17 | If you or one of your sons incline to continue that business you may , I believe , send the same number of boxes here , that you used to send to England ; because England will then send here , for what it wants in that way . |
| 18 | When I used to get all excited about the projects you got involved with years ago , you used to slap me down with that . |
| 19 | ‘ And you used to maintain at school that women should be as free as men . |
| 20 | It had three big windows with iron doors and white walls and you used to go into the house up a flight of steps because there were shops underneath . |
| 21 | ‘ Will you hold my hand , Franca , like you used to do ? ’ |
| 22 | To what extent do they appear to preclude you from making use of the skills and knowledge that you have acquired and competing with the people for whom you used to work . |
| 23 | Your business plans could be severely jeopardised if you become embroiled in litigation started by the company that you used to work for . |
| 24 | In those days , you used to have special police telephones and you would ring in direct to the station . |
| 25 | You used to look in and see if he was awake . |
| 26 | A. T. You used to accumulate this time you worked over and try and get off the last four hours when nobody was about . |
| 27 | You used to help them , if you could . |
| 28 | You used to have to go to London to the Old Bailey , giving evidence and anything like that . |
| 29 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 30 | Bad news that one , but you used to be pretty friendly , did n't you ? ’ |