Example sentences of "she used [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you told me that she used to use a crochet hook . |
| 2 | She used to smoke a clay pipe and shag tobacco . |
| 3 | Not until er when was it , ooh , I think not until er me brother and I were married and her and me father were together and she used to do a bit of homework er making these er kind of leather bags , |
| 4 | She used to do a bit of part time buying from the accounts department . |
| 5 | She did n't wear Salvation Army uniform in school , but she used to visit a Goodwill centre in Bethnal Green and nothing of note escapes the eager eyed cockney . |
| 6 | She used to play a lot of Schumann . |
| 7 | She used to write a word or draw a picture when she wanted something , and we tried to discover what she meant . |
| 8 | I 'm glad about that , cos to tell the truth , she used to get a bit strange sometimes after she took them . |
| 9 | Mm and it used to be all around her mouth and she used to have a bit here sort of one of those old ladies who had whiskers on her chin and it 'd be all white . |
| 10 | Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still . |
| 11 | She lived in a top flat ‘ up a hell of a lot of stairs , and she used to have a parrot on top of the stairs . ’ |
| 12 | I can remember my mum when , when I was little , she used to have a book , a shopping book and she used to write in it |
| 13 | aye , well she used to have a paper round |
| 14 | A teacher and mother of six children ( the youngest is now 12 ) , she used to run a playschool and was also a registered childminder . |
| 15 | Oh she used to make a lot of the clothes . |