Example sentences of "i used to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to be an art historian . ’ |
| 2 | I used to be a professional cleaner — I do n't want to get her into any trouble , I … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I used to be an art historian , ’ I said . |
| 4 | All it needed was a bit of tumbleweed to make it seem more deserted than it really was and I used to just fight against that dissatisfaction . |
| 5 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |
| 6 | It is true there was a lot of housework but I used to be very lonely . |
| 7 | I used to be proud . |
| 8 | Before my marriage I used to be very active and very talkative but after my marriage , when I went to Pakistan — there you have to wear the Burkha . |
| 9 | I pretend Marie 's in front of me and I 'm brushing her hair like I used to . |
| 10 | ‘ Annie , ’ I say , squatting down like I used to . |
| 11 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |
| 12 | But , praise God , I am not what I used to be , |
| 13 | He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor . |
| 14 | I used to like giving poetry readings , but in the end I had to give up , for I could not stand the socializing afterwards , as if my poetry had just been the excuse for a drinking spree à la Dylan Thomas . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not as young as I used to be . |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't that he has totally gone away , it 's just that I ca n't see him as I used to . ’ |
| 17 | I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to . |
| 18 | I used to be flattered when I was about thirteen . |
| 19 | I used to be quite big and not exactly overweight , but largish . |
| 20 | ‘ I used to be called Shorty all through school because I am so small . |
| 21 | I used to just like comfortable clothes but now I 'm more into dressing up . ’ |
| 22 | I used to just like comfortable clothes but now I 'm more into dressing up , ’ she reveals . |
| 23 | She 's not as soft as I used to be … |
| 24 | Black and blue I used to be . ’ |
| 25 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 26 | I used to be in school with Byron . |
| 27 | ‘ Also , I used to be an up-market wino and after nine months ’ sobriety , I realise what I 'm doing at present is not very fulfilling . |
| 28 | That I do n't always feel up to … the way I used to . |
| 29 | I used to be worried that I would die and Charmian would be brought up by another woman … |
| 30 | And I used to . |