Example sentences of "and [adv] [pers pn] [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And really we ought to be concentrating far more upon the other other changes which are proposed other than the Trusts and the things that in fact are fo far worse in my my own opinion . |
| 2 | But it would be old lamps and Peedie bits of and when you speak about long ago times I associate the smell of paraffin and sawdust and cooking apples and all that you go into Peedie shops and there was a fine relationship , you go in and Well I used to be for the old folk and they were all awful good to me , and the particular and we used to go every Saturday night to a shop called Blacks and it stayed open till nine o'clock . |
| 3 | And then we used to be playing top , we 'd a top right round the village , see how far we could go . |
| 4 | then it went a bit further and stop , and then we used to be walking up the , but that were it , half a crown |
| 5 | from there and now course they got shipped out and then they used to be a ship as well , used to take it to sea called the |
| 6 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 7 | He used to be a a driver , a driver , and then he used to be a driving supervisor and now he 's in like , in traffic now . |
| 8 | I I remember er that was the way my father used to get a a bit of pocket money to buy tobacco and things , a shilling a sack and the other farmers they used to find the the biggest sack they could find you know , and cram it with oats and then you used to be after supper . |
| 9 | Oh oh yes yes the union did erm get that er sorted out you know , and er and then when the buses began to run it made it easier for those worked in Willenhall and er and it just be about threepence of fourpence in our money go there then , but erm and then the hours were altered you see , eight o'clock and finish at six o'clock and er and then it used to be seven to seven you see . |
| 10 | questions were being raised about what the police were doing , what they ought to be doing and how they ought to be organised and accountable . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 12 | But it is hard to resist this plan put before me and indeed it ought to be tried since I have no other resource . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'm keen to see a real dialogue with our members , er , how we achieve that I do n't know , we 've got the most enormous diversity of membership as I mentioned in my speech , but the more that we can get a a good dialogue going , and certainly I used to be a member of Health and erm , Disability Group , and remember that it was a very useful meeting point , er , as well as a good arena for developing policy initiatives . |