Definition

Examples

• "I know that it used to disturb you when we first got together, but now that I've stopped taking pictures, you've become accustomed to it."
• "I used to be lonely, so sad and incomplete"
• "Bruno : Madam, my family used to own this house 40 years ago."
• "He used to ring me at least 50 times a night to check what I was doing."
• "My twin brother used to play French cricket."
• "Bruno : Ma'am, my family used to own this house 40 years ago."
• "My grandfather used to make them too."
• "My grandmother used to take me there when I was little."
• "As far as entertainment is concerned, the airlines have told me that they have an old video tape of Superman IV, and that the co-pilot used to play guitar in a rock band."
• "I used to be quite the ladies' man in school."
• "Brian : Actually, when I first arrived, everyone used to laugh at me too."
• "The British Government department I used to work for really wasn't the place for stress heads: it was all about keeping your cool!"
• "Donna : Well Lucy, sometimes after a long time being together, adults discover that their relationship is different than it used to be, and they are no longer compatible."
• "Icarus : Well, the pension procedure here in the US is quite different from what you're used to in Europe."
• "Doris used to be an excellent worker: punctual, efficient and a talented maker of coffee PERIOD."
• "It turned out she had a twin sister who used to act in... adult films. The director of one of her films was a friend of a drug dealer who got arrested and put in prison."
• "I would like to share with you a traditional French song that my mother used to sing to me to make me sleep."
• "He used to work with the British government, and I'm very happy to have him working with us."