1.   One button, my grandmother used to say, made things easier when you were nursing babies.

2.   You kids must miss an awful lot in your eagerness to sip the heady cup of life, as your grandfather used to say.

3.   My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch, although, I have to say, this did not stop him eating it.

4.   When I think of it nowadays and I see children so very going round to the various churches that when people used to say about ministers well.

5.   We used to say are you gorrit?

6.   And as my daddy used to say, you can tell a lot about a fella by the friends he keeps.

7.   As the man used to say, hold on to your hats.

8.   As Brooklyn Dodgers fans used to say, wait till next year.

9.   As the Romans used to say, if you give the people bread and circuses, they will forget that your offensive line is hurting.

10.   As the old-time English carnies used to say, you has yer pick and you takes yer cherce.