FORM/USE: WITH 'AS' + PRONOUN, NARRATIVE
EGP #601 | C2 | MODALITY / used to Can use 'as' + pronoun + 'used to' … to add background to a narrative, often to highlight something unusual. Lexical range: N/A
会议一结束，他就会往椅背上一靠，拿他那句老话讲，'好了，就这样。'
Whenever a meeting ended, he would lean back in his chair and mutter, ___as ___he ___used ___to say, 'Well, that's that.'
她回家的路上在河边停了一会儿，像往日习惯做的那样，看了会儿鸭子。
She stopped by the river on her way home, ___as ___she ___used ___to do, and watched the ducks for a while.
市场后面那条窄巷，'小偷巷'，这是大家过去那么叫的。
The narrow alley behind the market was 'Thieves' Lane', ___as ___they ___used ___to call it in the old days.
成功最后的样子，和我以前想象中的完全不一样。
Success turned out to be nothing like ___as ___I ___used ___to imagine it would be.
站在我们第一间真正的办公室里，这是大学时无数次憧憬过的地方，感觉像在做梦。
Standing in our first real office, ___as ___we ___used ___to dream about in college, felt surreal.