Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] [adv] [vb mod] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I just did n't want anything , I do n't , I do n't bother I , I mean I only used to have one meal a day before . |
| 2 | Yes an I mean and I mean in winter time a wooden sole and a clog they wer they were nice and warm cos I mean you only used to polish 'em you used to put oil on them . |
| 3 | I mean he never used to do , I mean he never even used to do food there ! |
| 4 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 5 | Why , I remember he always used to make me wager my pocket money — ’ She was interrupted . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 7 | And I think we both ought to realize that . |
| 8 | ‘ I think we all ought to hang on to something . |
| 9 | I do n't think he ever recorded it , I think he just used to sing it at his , er sort of cabaret . |
| 10 | I think you really ought to let your hair down and become one horny bitch ! |
| 11 | Did you check their tenancy agreement , because it was a pretty Machiavellian , Dickensian tenancy agreement , if you 're found smoking in bed for example , you were out the next morning , those sort of things , and I think you really ought to look at that very carefully . |
| 12 | But as I say , we can take the plates off the screen underneath here but I mean I think you still ought to have another bloke |
| 13 | That 's what , I mean we used to turn ours off of about nine , half nine and like you say it just used to tick |
| 14 | You know they always used to come when it was too late . |
| 15 | I I could never I never knew anybody personally because er you know you just used to go work and then go home and that was it . |
| 16 | And you could go and get er a get a good dinner for anybody w yeah when they was poor if they had fish and chips for their dinner you see it never used to cost them all that much for for a dinner . |
| 17 | Then they smile because they know you really ought to have known better . |