Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When her younger brother tried to challenge her inheritance from her mother , ‘ I told him that though he was now the heir , as being son , yet I was two years the elder by my birth , and though he had got the birthright , yet I ought to have a share of her blessing . ’ |
| 2 | I used to spend a lot of time in demanding places like the Andes and in remote parts of Africa . |
| 3 | Joanna said , ‘ I had an uncle — he 's dead now , but I used to spend a lot of time in his surgery — and , apart from the essentials , he never went in for what he called expensive gimmicks . |
| 4 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 5 | ‘ When I was 16 and modelling , I got very interested because I used to see a lot of Geminis and Libras who had a lot in common , ’ says Teri . |
| 6 | Because I used to earn a bit of money and be independent , and now I 've got to rely on every penny from my husband . |
| 7 | I used to take a couple of tablets an hour or so before the programme , to make sure there was no spasm during transmission . |
| 8 | All your licensed premises on your area had to be checked at least once a week ( in uniform ) and the sergeant would pick you up and take you visiting these various posts , and I used to take a glass of beer . |
| 9 | BELOW Dawn and I used to watch a lot of television while I was training her , but she was always easily distracted — she 's obviously much more interested in what the photographer is doing . |
| 10 | It helped when I used to do a bit of coal-bag carrying in my spare time to earn some pin money . |
| 11 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 12 | I used to do a lot of the cleaning myself . |
| 13 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |
| 14 | Well I used to ignore that ; I used to make a lot of noise in the street . |
| 15 | ‘ I used to make a lot of comments to David about this friend . |
| 16 | ( I used to read a lot of Poe . ) |
| 17 | yes , well I used to read a lot of story books , travel avidly and I think I forget all about the author and the story , but I remember one portion where they discovered a depression in the middle of a continent where it was in excess of and they 'd grown quite a different specie |
| 18 | As one woman remarked : ‘ I used to buy a lot of biscuits and things . |
| 19 | I used to play a lot of badminton and swimming but I 've got bored out of my ears so it 's something to keep fit . |
| 20 | Yeah I used to play a lot of football when I was a young guy like you |
| 21 | ‘ I used to play a lot of football but I 'm too old now . ’ |
| 22 | But even I used to get a lot of hassle with the Black girls who 'd go , ‘ Ooh , you white man lover , you pagan ! ’ and all these kinds of things , and I 'd go , ‘ Yes , I know that , I love it . ’ |
| 23 | I used to get a lot of it when I was in |
| 24 | I used to have a piece of cardboard up there shelve dividers sounded like a good idea . |
| 25 | I used to have a load of homework to take home with me because I had to catch up but I did n't used to mind that . |
| 26 | ‘ I used to have a lot of fights and got a reputation . |
| 27 | ‘ Your father and I used to eat a lot of condensed milk when we were children . ’ |
| 28 | New Zealand , which used to have a habit of joining up with its main western allies in other people 's fights , has ruled out sending soldiers . |
| 29 | The child is delicate , she ought to have a change of air . ’ |
| 30 | You ought to show a bit of gratitude , the things I do for you . ’ |