Example sentences of "[noun sg] you used " in BNC.
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| 1 | STEERINA : A car you used to make when you were a young fella out of old prams and burnt out helicopters . |
| 2 | And underneath this archway you used to have meat stalls and fish stalls and it used to be called the shambles . |
| 3 | Have you got the green you used to ? |
| 4 | They were initially developed er from a , a salt machine again like the , the other ones called the Griswald a little hand , salt machine you used to turn like that and make salt . |
| 5 | During the day there was a factory and you used to have to make boxes , or if you were a cleaner you used to have to scrub the landings and everything , or there was a farm and you could work there — but you used to have to be really trusted to work on that . |
| 6 | It is n't really you who 's feeling this way , it 's the girl you used to be who 's been somehow resurrected — brought back to life by all the memories that surround you . |
| 7 | ‘ Gran , ’ she said , ‘ what was the story you used to tell Adam about our mother ? ’ |
| 8 | Generally of draughty old churches here and there — of the kind you used to drag me into when we were together . ’ |
| 9 | Half a cupful you used to get for a ha'penny . |
| 10 | see it on that Transit you used to run , as I 'm going along I can see it 's going down . |
| 11 | It 's like a a rou round disc that screwed on and as that wore at the back you used to just slacken the screw slightly and turn it round until a little bit more of it wore and then you turn it round again until the whole thing was worn down . |
| 12 | That 's instead of er clipping them on , they used to b instead of clipping them on the back you used to rope at front and one at back see . |
| 13 | Well well you 'd go to er er I should say in the morning service , that was a service you used to have . |
| 14 | Moving on from the , the dredger back to when you were a stevedore you used to sort out the different work for the , for the men , where did you used to congregate first thing in the morning ? |
| 15 | and then , then your metal you used to have to had n't you ? |
| 16 | Saturday night you used to go out with Ben , Ben and |
| 17 | same extension you used to contact me originally that would find him . |
| 18 | And in the morning you used to have soaky very few pe very few lads had breakfast , bacon and eggs , in those days . |
| 19 | Can you remember what kind of paint you used ? |
| 20 | Nearly every day round our area you used to get searched . |
| 21 | But er , I never heard of them if they did and er , I mean I , I used to involve meself not in politics or anything like that is the last thing I ever thought of involving meself in but er , I did er , sort er , well being on the milk round you used to see the people in , because they come to door to bring a jug you see and you , you talk to people and you know they were , er were sensible and they were , were should I say soft or had no er conversation at all like , you know . |
| 22 | He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever . |
| 23 | Wicker , wickerwork basket the one had got a top on and er the big one which I had a hundred and forty loaves , I did n't have a top on but you had a waterproof sheet that you put over the top of that , but er the small ones had a lid on was hinged , hinged lid you could fold it backwards , as far as you could empty it and er what they used to do coming down Road you used to give it a good push and then jump on the back and freewheel down past what is now Lane er is that convenience still on , in those days the was a gents toilet , a public convenience where you went down steps , you were actually apart from the urinals there was toilets as well there . |
| 24 | They should declare if it 's hazardous , infectious , infested , i it will , what 's word you used ? |
| 25 | Can you let me know the fax number you used to get in touch with Mr. Silver ? |
| 26 | And the s Well you used to scrape some of it off because it was all over the |
| 27 | Therefore when you finish a diet , returning to eating an average amount , the amount you used to eat to maintain a constant weight , will result in you putting on fat . |
| 28 | Used to , we used to put five foals in a a er , take them like two stalls , you take the middle stall out and the top box you used to get five foals in . |
| 29 | I think of the way you used to help Mum when we were kids — how kind and efficient you were even when you were quite small . |
| 30 | After a traditionally disastrous dress rehearsal the director came into Arthur 's dressing-room , which he shared with Flute the Bellows Mender , and said cheerily , ‘ I tell you what , why do n't you go back to the awful way you used to do it ? |