Example sentences of "[noun prp] used [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irena loved the fragrance , and Bella used to like it as a child , but now it filled her nostrils with the smoky smell of decay , of things drying up and dying . |
| 2 | Cos old Ken used to have to an old ar aluminium one did n't he ? |
| 3 | First , the General , so he can protect you , if he likes you filming ; and , second , Chinese trader friend , Tan Hans Yong , who has family in the Aru islands where Bugis used to go . |
| 4 | Well Steven used to tell on him you see . |
| 5 | This is because , as has been suggested , Parsons eliminates the role of the instincts , the key concept Freud used to link the organism and the personality . |
| 6 | A companion who would sit and chat with her , like she and Maisie used to chat ? |
| 7 | In his satirical cabaret days , Nichols used to do a sketch with Elaine May about a Jewish mother 's shock at her son 's choice of profession : ‘ Can you imagine me saying , ‘ There goes my son the nurse ’ ? ’ |
| 8 | And she was subjected to the same technique Courtney used to ensnare women he assaulted after offering them drugged wine . |
| 9 | Eleanor used to say that she inherited her father 's nose and she would one day sue him for damages . |
| 10 | He remembered how Orton used to sit slumped in a chair and Halliwell was always upright . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Abberley used to give me these chocolates , you see , Christmas and Easter , regular as clockwork . |
| 12 | Friday used to walk around Dublin in a dress and DMs and appear , caked in mud , on a stage festooned with blood-stained pig 's heads . |
| 13 | McCuaigs made whisky at Upper Cragabus ; one at Torrabus used to belong to Coal Ila ; and someone distilled at Ardinisle . |
| 14 | Palace boss Steve Coppell says of the striker : ‘ He can give us the pace Ian Wright used to offer . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Surely you noticed the antique ring with the garnet that Angy used to wear ? ’ |
| 16 | ’ She glanced round the room and her eye fell on the desk where Angy used to sit . |
| 17 | ‘ You know , before the war , before you were born , before illness took a grip on her , Sylvie used to love parties , just like the ones you 've beep describing to me . |
| 18 | Walnut timber is exceedingly valuable , so much so that lumbermen in the United States used to wander round offering people cash money for the trees growing in their yard . |
| 19 | And beyond the factory he could see the bit of wasteland where Mrs Flaherty used to keep the Famous Funfair under tarpaulins for the winter . |
| 20 | ‘ Rapids might look more exciting , but still waters run deep , ’ Jeff used to say to them . |
| 21 | ‘ It used to be a Brooklyn thing ; that 's how Brooklyn used to stand out . |
| 22 | ‘ In the end , ’ Donna used to say , ‘ that 's what it all comes down to . |
| 23 | Like Frank Spencer used to do stupid things . |
| 24 | ‘ Tony Stewart , Phil McNeill and Neil Spencer used to run the NME and Cynthia Rose used to try to do the serious side of it . |
| 25 | The undergraduates of Magdalene used to say about their Master that he spent the morning doing nothing and spent the afternoon writing about what he had done in the morning . |
| 26 | As the late Paddy Roberts used to sing : — |
| 27 | Tommy Roberts used to phone me on a Saturday when I first started working there . |
| 28 | Keith has a lot of talent and I think David used to go to him and Keith would rearrange the songs and make them sound good with his bass lines . |
| 29 | Where David used to live |
| 30 | When we went to gigs David used to travel in Ralph Horton 's car and we used to have to go in the old ambulance which replaced the old Atlas van . |