Thói quen quá khứ với used to trong câu thật
805 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 (805 câu)
“I ought to have been specially careful on a Friday,” she used to say afterwards to her husband, while perhaps Nana was on the other side of her, holding her hand.
Từ trong câu: careful, ought, specially, friday, use, afterward, husband, perhaps
J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
She didn’t dare think of him as he used to be, as he had seemed to her to be in those marvellous first days of their love-making, of their marriage.
Từ trong câu: marvellous, dare, think, use, seem, first, day, love
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He used to wear a black velvet tunic and a very low shirt collar; he had a neck like a sickly crane, and let his hair grow down to his shoulders.
Từ trong câu: crane, shirt, collar, use, wear, black, low, neck
Henry James, Roderick Hudson · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When it was hot we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees, and when it was cold we had a nice warm shed near the grove.
Từ trong câu: shed, pond, hot, use, stand, shade, tree, cold
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
And they never pass me over—they come to Mole End last of all; and I used to give them hot drinks, and supper too sometimes, when I could afford it.
Từ trong câu: drink, afford, sometimes, never, pass, come, mole, end
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
The thing that used to lie under her cheek, that sat so warmly over her heart when she glided away from the sand hills that autumn morning, was far from her.
Từ trong câu: autumn, thing, use, lie, cheek, sit, warmly, heart
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Though his powers of execution were at such a low ebb, he used to play at this sonata for his pupil and managed to give her some idea of its beauty.
Từ trong câu: execution, ebb, though, power, low, use, play, pupil
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
She used to walk round and round this terrible man and his terrible horse, frowning at him, brooding upon him, as if she had to make some momentous decision about him.
Từ trong câu: decision, use, walk, round, terrible, man, horse, make
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
They say she used to make Jordan kneel down by her every night and morning and pray with her that she might die out in the garden when the time came.
Từ trong câu: kneel, use, make, down, every, night, morning, pray
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
No one disturbed her, and she used to lie there on Beth’s little red pillow, planning stories, dreaming dreams, or thinking tender thoughts of the sister who never seemed far away.
Từ trong câu: planning, disturb, use, lie, little, red, pillow, plan
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Instead of drinking, he used to take a piece of bread dipped in cold water, or a slice of cucumber, or some leaves of lettuce, or a green, sharp, juicy apple.
Từ trong câu: cucumber, juicy, lettuce, instead, drink, use, take, piece
69?-122? Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I’ve got backbone lumps myself, and they used to stick out as much as yours do, until I began to get fatter, and I am not fat enough yet to hide them.
Từ trong câu: yours, get, lump, myself, use, stick, out, much
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He had one boy who used to come over to our place and I can remember hearing Massa Williams call to my grandmother, to cook "Christine, give Heady's Doc something to eat.
Từ trong câu: doc, boy, use, come, place, remember, hear, call
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume V, Indiana Narratives · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Time has passed much more quickly since Heidi was here, for something fresh happens every day, and it used to be so dull, and she has always so much to tell me."
Từ trong câu: dull, time, pass, much, quickly, since, something, fresh
Johanna Spyri, Heidi · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · PD-US
We used to say how glad we were we liked beans--that is, we said it specially when we were looking at the roast turkey place, you know, that was sixty cents.
Từ trong câu: roast, turkey, use, glad, like, bean, specially, look
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Kate, of course, had only been on the fringe; she used to be asked only to the big parties, not to the small ones, and she still was only on the fringe.
Từ trong câu: fringe, course, use, ask, big, party, small, one
Elizabeth Von Arnim, The Enchanted April · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He used to sit in the garden by the hour, with his head thrown back, his legs outstretched, his hands in his pockets, and his eyes fastened upon the blinding summer sky.
Từ trong câu: leg, fasten, use, sit, garden, hour, head, throw
Henry James, Roderick Hudson · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When I used to think, as a girl, of what I should do if I were to marry freely, by my own choice, I thought of a very different man from you.”
Từ trong câu: freely, use, think, girl, marry, choice, different, man
Henry James, The American · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Grandma raised me, and I was jus' gittin' big enough to handle that old peafowl-tail fly brush they used to keep the flies off the table when we were set free.
Từ trong câu: grandma, raise, big, enough, handle, old, tail, fly
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 3 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
I used to look out for her hopefully as I crossed the sala in my comings and goings, but I was not rewarded with a glimpse of the tail of her dress.
Từ trong câu: hopefully, tail, reward, use, look, out, cross, glimpse
Henry James, The Aspern Papers · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
There used to be a great deal of laughing and fun between them, and it put Captain and me in much better spirits than if we had heard scolding and hard words.
Từ trong câu: fun, use, great, deal, laugh, put, captain, much
Anna Sewell, Black Beauty · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While she was practicing I often used to leave my work and sit down in a rocker and give myself up to it, the same as if I’d been at an entertainment.
Từ trong câu: entertainment, practice, often, use, leave, work, sit, down
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
A laugh began to form itself round the eyes of the French magnate, which made his countenance uncommonly like what it used to be when it was that of an English merchant.
Từ trong câu: magnate, laugh, begin, form, itself, round, eye, make
Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
There was a little boy on Fifth Avenue who had one, and he used to ride out every morning and we used to take a walk past his house to see him.”
Từ trong câu: past, little, boy, fifth, avenue, use, ride, out
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
For the fun of it we bring our things in these bags, wear the old hats, use poles to climb the hill, and play pilgrims, as we used to do years ago.
Từ trong câu: pole, fun, bring, thing, bag, wear, old, hat
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US