Thói quen quá khứ với used to trong câu thật
780 câu có mẫu này. Thói quen hoặc trạng thái trong quá khứ nay không còn. Công thức: used to + động từ.
Nhãn do quy tắc chữ gán tự động và ưu tiên độ chính xác hơn độ phủ, nên nhiều câu đúng mẫu vẫn chưa được gán nhãn.
Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (780 câu)
“I am inclined to fancy there is--man named Connor, who used to be a croupier or something to old Reale.”
Từ trong câu: incline, fancy, man, name, use, something, old
Edgar Wallace, Angel Esquire · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He is quieter now than he used to be, if no one provokes him: more sullen and depressed, and less furious.
Từ trong câu: depressed, depress, furious, quiet, now, use, less
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I remember how I used to prize this flower,—long ago, I suppose, very long ago!—or was it only yesterday?
Từ trong câu: prize, remember, use, flower, long, ago, suppose, yesterday
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
“This is like what you used to be; but not like the King--the King I--I have come to love!”
Từ trong câu: used, like, use, king, come, love
Anthony Hope, The prisoner of Zenda · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Orchard Road got its name from the nutmeg, pepper and fruit orchards that used to grow on both sides of the street.
Từ trong câu: orchard, road, get, name, pepper, fruit, use, grow
«Orchard Road», Simple English Wikipedia, các tác giả Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://simple.wikipedia.org/?curid=266743 (bản sửa đổi 10517296) · Simple English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
He called her an "idiot" who "needs a round, and I don't mean the kind she used to serve" as a bartender.
Từ trong câu: idiot, call, need, round, mean, kind, use, serve
«Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez», Simple English Wikipedia, các tác giả Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://simple.wikipedia.org/?curid=645394 (bản sửa đổi 10982559) · Simple English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
People used to perform this dance to thank the gods after the farm plants grew well so that there was enough food.
Từ trong câu: god, people, use, perform, dance, thank, farm, plant
«Piring dance», Simple English Wikipedia, các tác giả Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://simple.wikipedia.org/?curid=1083167 (bản sửa đổi 9672174) · Simple English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
As a philanthropist, he used to donate multimillion-dollar gifts to The College of William & Mary and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Từ trong câu: philanthropist, use, donate, dollar, gift, college, make, wish
«Joe J. Plumeri», Simple English Wikipedia, các tác giả Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://simple.wikipedia.org/?curid=1244638 (bản sửa đổi 10684932) · Simple English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
She was dark complexioned, but very beautiful; and the smile of welcome with which she used to meet him was peculiarly fascinating.
Từ trong câu: fascinating, fascinate, dark, beautiful, smile, welcome, use, meet
American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
"People used to bury their money in iron pots and chests and things in order to keep the soldiers from getting it.
Từ trong câu: pot, chest, people, use, bury, money, iron, thing
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
We had popcorn and chinquapins in the fall of the year, I used to pick up chips to use at the pot.
Từ trong câu: popcorn, fall, year, use, pick, up, chip, pot
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
“St. John! you used to call Jane your third sister, but you don’t treat her as such: you should kiss her too.”
Từ trong câu: third, used, use, call, sister, treat, kiss
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
They used to lie in wait for him all day long, with stones or horse-chestnuts or snowballs, according to the season.
Từ trong câu: accord, stone, use, lie, wait, day, long, horse
Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
And then the spectators began to come in, and positively some of the very people who used to be at the panorama.
Từ trong câu: panorama, spectator, begin, come, positively, people, use
Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 · Tiếng Anh · PD-US
I did not use to think her wanting in self-possession, but she had not quite enough for the demands of yesterday.
Từ trong câu: yesterday, demand, use, think, want, self, possession, quite
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
She used to get herself into the most awful grimy condition, and one incident during her time with me is worth mentioning.
Từ trong câu: incident, awful, worth, use, get, herself, condition, time
Campbell Patrick [Compiler] Ogilvie, Argentina from a British Point of View, and Notes on Argentine Life · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
"I wish you had a 'Little Missus' who could pet you as I used to pet papa when he had a headache.
Từ trong câu: headache, wish, little, pet, use
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
I am sure it will all end well, and there will be no difficulties at all, to what I used to think.
Từ trong câu: used, sure, end, well, difficulty, use, think
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
We used to watch the big shells bursting over the cliffs and wonder how life could be possible on the beaches below.
Từ trong câu: cliff, burst, beach, use, watch, big, shell, wonder
5th Great Britain. Army. Highland Light Infantry. Battalion, The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I come in here with the railroad, I used to drive a team pickin' up the buffaloes the contractors' meat hunter killed."
Từ trong câu: contractor, come, railroad, use, drive, team, up, meat
George W. Ogden, Trail's End · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
The surgery, where I used to make up my drugs, was next to his sitting-room, with a small window between us.
Từ trong câu: drug, next, surgery, use, make, up, sit, room
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He used to pay in notes and gold at first, but soon it came to notes of hand and for big sums.
Từ trong câu: used, use, big, gold, note, pay, first, soon
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
At first he used to come into Mrs. Butterworth’s box at the opera in a tweed traveling suit; but someone stopped that.
Từ trong câu: first, used, box, use, travel, suit, opera, someone
Henry James, An International Episode · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Pa means well, but he don't realize that he is getting stiff and can't be as kitteny as he used to be.
Từ trong câu: pa, mean, well, realize, get, stiff, use
George W. Peck, Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
The corduroy no longer stops at the worst parts, where we used to hold our breaths and make a dive for it.
Từ trong câu: dive, long, stop, bad, part, use, hold, breath
Unknown, Short History of the London Rifle Brigade · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He used to say, “it is not incumbent upon thee to complete the work, neither art thou free to cease from it.
Từ trong câu: incumbent, use, complete, work, neither, art, free, cease
Epiphanius, 1845-1916 [Editor] Wilson, Hebrew Literature · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He used to keep the watches in a tin box and have a sort of dress parade at certain and uncertain intervals.
Từ trong câu: tin, use, keep, watch, box, sort, dress, parade
«History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Biographies/William Philip Bechervaise/Notes/1870s», English Wikibooks, các tác giả Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikibooks.org/?curid=421902 (bản sửa đổi 3950129) · English Wikibooks · CC BY-SA 4.0
He used to tell this anecdote to his confidants, with his well-known chuckle of satisfaction, as a satisfactory stroke of business.
Từ trong câu: chuckle, use, tell, well, know, satisfaction, satisfactory, stroke
J. Conway Walter, A History of Horncastle, from the earliest period to the present time · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Great, big, black fellows, who used to chew up our leather equipment, eat our rations, and run over out bodies at night.
Từ trong câu: chew, great, big, black, fellow, use, up, leather
Militia of Mercy. Gift Book Committee, Defenders of Democracy Contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
“It was Holbrook, that fine manly fellow who lived at Woodley, that I used to think would carry off my little Matty.
Từ trong câu: fellow, fine, live, use, think, carry, off, little
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Cranford · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US