Example sentences of "used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And it was er They used to great pride in their in their er stacks because they had to make them as neat as they could and er well built , so that if the So that w that was good for the To keep the the wind keep them dry . |
2 | Yeah , they would , let the bake it we used to Danish foods and cos we used to have a Danish er , we used to have erm Polish ship come in one week and an English ship come in the next week and the , the bacon was just pigs were all killed , wrapped in sacking and tied with string , and they used to be laid in the hold like that . |
3 | And you used to funky little reggae , oh my god singing . |
4 | was given it I think , all the sailors used to old sailors after they gone too old , was going in there all the day and a big fire there . |
5 | Who used to miserable when she got . |
6 | It it 's just a league of nations there and every shop is black people in Brixton , but it were a lov , they used to able to get on a a two , three , a fifty nine , or a hundred and fifty three to Oxford Circus on the bus you was there in twenty minutes ! |