Example sentences of "used give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er the corporation used to give her so many tickets to last her the week . |
| 2 | Then after she got over she used , I used to give her some water then . |
| 3 | No traffic lights then — these men used to give him right of way . |
| 4 | ‘ We used to give him sweets on a Sunday . |
| 5 | And he used to lend me dad a pound and he always used to give him it back on a Wednesday , on his pension day . |
| 6 | I used to give him a pound whenever I met him : let no-one call me ungenerous . |
| 7 | And the carter used to steal a lot of oats for for the the the the gaffer used to give him a ration for a week , and the granary would be lo locked . |
| 8 | ‘ From a child , I used to give him — what do you say ? ’ |
| 9 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 10 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 11 | Sheila wo Sheila used to give him a bone so maybe he thought |
| 12 | ‘ Christ that used to give me the shits , ’ said the New Zealander . |
| 13 | ‘ She used to give me a piece of the dough when she was making pastry . |
| 14 | Reminds me of my first branch chair , an ex-miner , who used to give me a lift home in his Jag . |
| 15 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 16 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 17 | I always knew how much he earned , because he used to give me his pay note and I 'd to go down and collect it . |
| 18 | I used to give my mother the lot , she used to give me a shilling back . |
| 19 | ‘ Miss Abberley used to give me these chocolates , you see , Christmas and Easter , regular as clockwork . |
| 20 | Then I was able to er go for my own self , you know and er I went on doing locks , one thing and another , best I could and all that sort of thing and I worked for a , a bloke what was in there er be a little bloke but he was the best locksmith in the shop and I went to help him and er he used to give me all the to do and this and that and the other . |
| 21 | I did n't like him , he used to give me the creeps , but he was n't that sort . ’ |
| 22 | He used to give me an hours warning and then we 'd work through until it got dark out in the fields and then we 'd go into the sheds and restack the hay or whatever he wanted to do . |
| 23 | Antonio Crepi , for example , used to give me looks that would have melted a candle . |
| 24 | but we used to take them to the pictures on Saturday afternoon my mum used to give me nine pence |
| 25 | It was Christmas time , and we used to give them oranges and sweets . |
| 26 | When they were little , whenever they had a cut or a graze and had to have the plaster taken off , which was painful , William 's grandad used to give them a treat first . |
| 27 | She used to give them Pedigree Chum too , but it was mostly cat food . |
| 28 | They used The farmers used to give them to you . |
| 29 | I might still have the odd tin of some oval golden tablets , big as gooseberries , which we used to give them for worms . |
| 30 | And then the men folk used to give them a bit of tobacco and stuff like that , mhm . |