Example sentences of "we used [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , Angela , one of the twins , we used to be close . |
| 2 | It 's not long ago , Aunt Tossie thought ( or said to Gigi — who was still eking out her parrot 's longevity ) that we used to be rich , dear bird . |
| 3 | We used to be good enemies , that great prince and I , but somehow the enmity 's grown cool of late . |
| 4 | We used to be alone together in the midst of the world … ’ |
| 5 | Do you remember those peppermint creams we used to be able to get ? |
| 6 | And we used to be able to get all the gear in John Illsley 's car … ! ’ |
| 7 | From right from the time office er I used to go into blacksmith shop to mash tea because that 's where we used to We used to be able to go and take the cam for the timekeeper and I was in the stores too , and er mash the tea in the forge They put the kettle on the forge you see ? |
| 8 | We used to get help from the Co-ops because they used to give us lists of new members and we used to be able to canvass those . |
| 9 | In the old days , we used to be able to fund the house from farm income . |
| 10 | We used to be glad to put our hands underneath the cape onto the Bull 's Eye for a little warmth . |
| 11 | ‘ We met at a swimming gala 'cos we used to be competitive swimmers , ’ recalls Sam . |
| 12 | But in those days , in the early days , we used to be lucky to get twenty or thirty did n't we ? |
| 13 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 14 | Whereas , we used to be open all day . |