Thói quen quá khứ với used to trong câu thật
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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (803 câu)
He felt certainly very unlike himself; long afterwards, in retrospect, he used to reflect that during those days he had for a while been literally beside himself.
Từ trong câu: retrospect, unlike, feel, certainly, himself, long, afterward, use
Henry James, Roderick Hudson · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
I used to run with them, and had great fun; we used to gallop all together round and round the field as hard as we could go.
Từ trong câu: fun, use, run, great, together, round, field, hard
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
I am a little better, and Amir Bux is an excellent masseur, a distinct improvement on Graoul, who used to treat my shoulders like a punch ball.
Từ trong câu: masseur, little, better, excellent, distinct, improvement, use, treat
Edward O. Mousley, The Secrets of a Kuttite An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I wanted to be the one to tell you the grand surprise, and have ‘first skim’ as we used to say when we squabbled about the cream.”
Từ trong câu: skim, want, tell, grand, surprise, first, use, cream
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Things look dim to old folks: they’d need have some young eyes about ’em, to let ’em know the world’s the same as it used to be.”
Từ trong câu: dim, thing, look, old, folk, need, young, eye
George Eliot, Silas Marner · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
There was something wrong, more than common—that was quite clear; for Mr. Godfrey didn’t look half so fresh-coloured and open as he used to do.
Từ trong câu: common, something, wrong, quite, clear, mr, look, half
George Eliot, Silas Marner · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
It was only at a late point in its progress that a chorus of comedians was officially granted by the archon; they used to be mere volunteers.
Từ trong câu: comedian, late, point, progress, officially, grant, use, mere
385 BCE-323 BCE Aristotle, Aristotle on the art of poetry · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
"Listen, Doc," said Larry earnestly, "I'll take everything you say about this lost continent, the people who used to live on it, and their caverns, for granted.
Từ trong câu: everything, grant, continent, listen, doc, take, lose, people
Abraham Merritt, The Moon Pool · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
From these foolish embraces, which were not of very frequent occurrence, I must allow, I used to wish to extricate myself; but my energies seemed to fail me.
Từ trong câu: frequent, occurrence, foolish, allow, energy, embrace, use, wish
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
“I suppose that was because they always used to put the biggest fool afore,” said Fairway from the fire, beside which he knelt, blowing it with his breath.
Từ trong câu: big, suppose, because, always, use, put, fool, fire
Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
They used to watch him—servants will, you know, ma’am—and he set store on her past everything: for all, nobody but him thought her so very handsome.
Từ trong câu: store, use, watch, servant, know, ma'am, set, past
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
"She used to talk with me about you; and when you say you care for me now, it makes me feel like the vilest hypocrite in the world.
Từ trong câu: hypocrite, use, talk, care, now, make, feel, like
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
She used to send off a good many long blue envelopes with stories in them--and large envelopes of different sizes and colours used to come to her.
Từ trong câu: size, use, send, off, good, many, long, blue
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
There was a garden opening from the saloon windows; and there I used to play hide-and-go-seek, under the orange-trees, with my brothers and sisters.
Từ trong câu: saloon, garden, open, window, use, play, hide, go
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Often, if I felt lonesome, I used to turn out the lamp in the surgery, and then, standing there, I could hear their talk and watch their play.
Từ trong câu: surgery, often, feel, use, turn, out, lamp, stand
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
There he was well known to everybody, for he was not only a large subscriber, but he used to go and tell the children stories of an afternoon.
Từ trong câu: subscriber, well, know, everybody, large, use, go, tell
George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I knew that boy at school; he took great airs on himself because he was a farmer's son; he used to swagger about and bully the little boys.
Từ trong câu: bully, know, boy, school, take, great, air, himself
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
His son was a strong, tall, bold man; they called him Samson, and he used to boast that he had never found a horse that could throw him.
Từ trong câu: boast, son, strong, tall, bold, man, call, use
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
There were three of us, classmates and friends--Terry O. Nicholson (we used to call him the Old Nick, with good reason), Jeff Margrave, and I, Vandyck Jennings.
Từ trong câu: classmate, friend, use, call, old, good, reason
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
They don't relish every human; me they did; I used to storm at him for it, and he used, between spasms of scratching, to listen admiringly and wag.
Từ trong câu: admiringly, every, human, use, storm, scratch, listen
Christopher, 1890-1957 [Editor] Morley, Modern Essays · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He made my blood turn hot with his speeches, and when he had finished I used to find myself standing on my tiptoes and shouting with the rest.
Từ trong câu: blood, shout, hot, make, turn, speech, finish, use
Richard Harding Davis, The King's Jackal · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
The illusion was marred only by the consciousness that she ought to brush her teeth before she went to bed, and that she never used to do it.
Từ trong câu: illusion, consciousness, ought, brush, tooth, go, bed, never
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
The older women remember Thea, and how she used to come kicking her express wagon along the sidewalk, steering by the tongue and holding Thor in her lap.
Từ trong câu: steer, old, woman, remember, use, come, kick, express
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
“Well, he wasn’t always a butler; he used to be the silver polisher for some people in New York that had a silver service for two hundred people.
Từ trong câu: service, well, always, use, silver, people, new, hundred
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
The old people used to give them the name of Alice’s Posies, in remembrance of fair Alice Pyncheon, who was believed to have brought their seeds from Italy.
Từ trong câu: seed, old, people, use, give, name, remembrance, fair
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
My good Aunt Templeman, the banker’s widow, whose very existence you used to doubt, much more her affluence, has lately died, and bequeathed some of her property to me.
Từ trong câu: aunt, good, widow, existence, use, doubt, much, lately
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Will it be the spirit of the old counterfeiters who used to inhabit this island entering into us?" suggested Eva, using the English-Canadian idiom of the western provinces.
Từ trong câu: idiom, spirit, old, use, inhabit, island, enter, suggest
Various, Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 · Tiếng Anh · PD-US
We used to put the paint on the market dry, but now we grind every ounce of it in oil--very best quality of linseed oil--and warrant it.
Từ trong câu: ounce, use, put, paint, market, dry, now, every
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Not only was she used to organising and being practical, but she also was older, and certainly calmer; and she herself had no doubt too that she was wiser.
Từ trong câu: organize, practical, use, old, certainly, calm, herself, doubt
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I used to speculate—but even this with a dim disconnectedness—as to how the rough future (for all futures are rough!) would handle them and might bruise them.
Từ trong câu: speculate, future, dim, bruise, rough, handle, use, even
Henry James, The Turn of the Screw · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US