Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | From right from the time office er I used to go into blacksmith shop to mash tea because that 's where we used to We used to be able to go and take the cam for the timekeeper and I was in the stores too , and er mash the tea in the forge They put the kettle on the forge you see ? |
| 32 | I went , I used to go into town , past that grey garden up , up Forest Road |
| 33 | An old gentleman from Stowmarket , his name 's Mr I 'm sure it was because er , you see , my father and I used to go up Stowmarket Road sometimes after church or chapel and er and go for a walk up there and used to meet this Mr who played the organ Stowmarket and very course but erm but I had a wonderful life really |
| 34 | I used to go in Taylor 's , Taylor 's you can be in three different counties in his yard . |
| 35 | ‘ I used to like to striptease in public . |
| 36 | ‘ I was fly pitching down Oxford Street and Petticoat Lane I used to rip of Lacoste T-shirts and sell them . |
| 37 | Ten years ago I used to plead with kidney doctors to give my patients transplants . |
| 38 | I used to rely on delivery people . |
| 39 | Reading coach Colin Lee added : ‘ Lambert does things which I used to see on tapes of George Best . |
| 40 | And I I er and not only that I used to say to teachers well if if they 'd ask him about and if he had anything er er and he 'd be bored . |
| 41 | And it is five , do you know what I mean it is like what I used to say to Rose . |
| 42 | I used to say to Emma , that little girl of yours she 's a proper little mother , must have been er , see in the future I should think |
| 43 | erm Sam Sodding , and it used to , but I used to say to mother why did they call him Sam Sodding ? |
| 44 | Yeah I did that at school we had to stay in most break times as a child cos I could n't remember , and I , I know that my mum bought me a books so I used to sit for days and days , then my mum going over and then my nan going over and I could n't remember if I wanted |
| 45 | ‘ I used to wonder about Dysart and that girl , Barnett , do n't mind telling you . |
| 46 | In bed I used to dream of water crossings |
| 47 | I used to listen for hours about her girlhood in Sheffield : smoking out of the window ; the young soldier she visited in hospital in the First World War , who gave her his rosary and went off and was killed ; of her suitors ; the fuss surrounding her affair with my father , who was much older than her ( and already married , though this she never told me ) . |
| 48 | But , you see , with all this , and , indeed , before all this , the two happiest relationships of my life were with a schoolfriend called Melanie Smith with whom I used to listen to records of Carousel and Oklahoma ! on an old , wind-up gramophone , and with the hockey-ball when I became goalie of the first eleven . |
| 49 | and then I used to stop at Jessie 's , you see , when I come home with the cart and leave the loaf of , loaf of bread then I used to go back , well , after tea and stop there for weekend , yeah . |
| 50 | The bag I used to use for work when I was a hired help , oh my God ! |
| 51 | My nominee for the non-sport of the future is one which I used to watch on television regularly . |
| 52 | ‘ I used to live in London , ’ Howard tells the driver , smiling . |
| 53 | I used to shop in Shaftesbury Avenue and buy two or three nightdresses at a time . |
| 54 | I used to shop in Sainsburys . |
| 55 | That 's what I used to do with Marie — look for food they chucked away cos it was bashed up and that . |
| 56 | I used to blast round Courtney Park with him . |
| 57 | Oh , Shelley , Clive was a nice enough person and he was always good to me , but he was n't right for me , and although I appeared to live happily I used to long for things to be as they were between Felipe and me . |
| 58 | I used to suffer from spots , but they seem to have gone in the last year or two , I 'm thankful to say . |
| 59 | In fact when I was stationed in Mule I used to travel through Zambia to get to one of my out stations |
| 60 | I used to travel by bus a lot , so I had a season ticket . |