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1  I used to live with my auntie.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
2  I used to get ever so many candies.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
3  He used to blow it and then his mum would come.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
4  "Use a littlun," said Jack, and everybody laughed.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
5  Over there, where there used to be a gap in the rock.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
6  The wood was not so dry as the fuel they had used on the mountain.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
7  They were used now to stomach-aches and a sort of chronic diarrhoea.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
8  "We used his specs," said Simon, smearing a black cheek with his forearm.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
9  The first rhythm that they became used to was the slow swing from dawn to quick dusk.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
10  He used all the bad words he could think of in a fit of temper that passed into yawning.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
11  The fat boy lowered himself over the terrace and sat down carefully, using the edge as a seat.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
12  By common consent they were using the spears as sabers now, no longer daring the lethal points.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
13  By the time Ralph had reached the landward end of the scar he was using precious breath to swear.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
14  There were little cliffs to be scaled, some to be used as paths, lengthy traverses where one used hands as well as feet.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
15  Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the shell rose, dripping, and Piggy could make a grab.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
16  The coarse grass was still worn away where the assembly used to sit; the fragile white conch still gleamed by the polished seat.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
17  He began to pound the mouth below him, using his clenched fist as a hammer; he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
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