Example sentences of "we [vb mod] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never thought it would work , but I felt we ought to give it a try . ’ |
| 2 | I remember at the Uni when we used to give we used to put stamps on people , you know , |
| 3 | It was Christmas time , and we used to give them oranges and sweets . |
| 4 | I might still have the odd tin of some oval golden tablets , big as gooseberries , which we used to give them for worms . |
| 5 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 6 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 7 | ‘ We used to give him sweets on a Sunday . |
| 8 | That 's during the war yes and er , of course this is the first world war I were referring to and erm , the people appreciated this and we used to give it to them like you know . |
| 9 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |