Definition
(Bruno) used to (smoke): (Bruno smoked) when he was younger; (Bruno) was a (smoker) in the past, he is not anymore
There used to be a pub here, but now it is a coffee shop.
How did Bob use to look in the seventies? Was he always bald? And did he ever not have that mustache?
I used to (have hair): I (had hair) when I was younger, in the past
- "Philip : I used to love that show!"
- "I'm good in a crisis, after all I used to work the suicide hotline."
- "The British Government department I used to work for really wasn't the place for stress heads: it was all about keeping your cool!"
- "He used to work with the British government, and I'm very happy to have him working with us."
- "Bruno : Ma'am, my family used to own this house 40 years ago."
- "I would like to share with you a traditional French song that my mother used to sing to me to make me sleep."
- "Doris used to be an excellent worker: punctual, efficient and a talented maker of coffee PERIOD."
- "Icarus : Well, the pension procedure here in the US is quite different from what you're used to in Europe."
- "Bruno : Madam, my family used to own this house 40 years ago."
- "My grandmother used to take me there when I was little."
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