Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was playing last night Got ta learn this album I used to have ages and ages ago fucking . |
| 2 | And underneath this archway you used to have meat stalls and fish stalls and it used to be called the shambles . |
| 3 | He was buried , under orders from the corrupt and usurping Matanzima brothers who used to run Transkei , in a commoner 's grave . |
| 4 | When we were at college he used to invite people to ‘ cleaning parties ’ once a month . |
| 5 | Karen I used to take Karen she was married to that English fellow . |
| 6 | And er , there was a bloke I used to play football . |
| 7 | Many of the old families and old quintas still have good collections of antiques , augmented over the years by visitors who used to sell china , silver and furniture to pay their bills before leaving the island . |
| 8 | It was just one tactic she used to ensure negotiations with Prince Charles 's lawyers stayed secret . |
| 9 | ABRAHAM Lincoln , advised by a Pastor who used to take care of St Enoch 's Church in Glasgow , sent out a call for volunteers two days after Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter , the Union Garrison in the harbour of Charleston , South Carolina . |
| 10 | And this is a boy who used to smoke marijuana and lived in a squat with a girlfriend who had a tattoo on her backside and two kids by somebody else , if you please … ’ |
| 11 | I tell you who else was there erm the lady who used to do caretaking for you at school you know , who had a little girl months before Becca was born . |
| 12 | Unfortunately the computer consultant who used to write software for CAB use , bowed to budgetary cuts . |
| 13 | Then she said , ‘ If you were a good-looking chap who wore Armani suits and washed-silk shirts and things , and you found yourself sitting across from a girl with freckles and a ponytail — or at least , a girl who used to have freckles and a ponytail — and you realized she 'd grown up to be gorgeous , would you go for her ? ’ |
| 14 | The farm had originally been two or three houses and there was a little cottage at the back where a lady we used to call Aunt Polly lived . |
| 15 | In Russia they used to sell books , but it is now entirely possible that they could also sell the publishers . |
| 16 | ‘ Gran , ’ she said , ‘ what was the story you used to tell Adam about our mother ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He 's the kind who used to have children transported to Australia for stealing a loaf of bread . ’ |
| 18 | And we had Miss who used to wear knickers down to her knees . |
| 19 | Louise 's grateful mum , Kim Bennett , is rushed off her feet collecting all the money she can to support Botham 's 546-mile walk . |
| 20 | Comment at length on the strategies you used to overcome difficulties at the grammatical level in particular . |
| 21 | On exceptionally fine days I used to prefer Oxford 's other river . |
| 22 | Jean owns a shop which used to sell clothes but she has now decided that given the location she would make more money running a restaurant at the same premises . |
| 23 | A friend of mine knew a clergyman who used to have bouillabaisse flown over specially from Marseilles every Ash Wednesday . |
| 24 | But the second milking , and so forth on , perhaps the thir second or third milking they used to get milk , what they called beastlings and it was very often too much for the calves to take , so she got a full bag . |
| 25 | In them days they used to get policies on people as were n't relations . |
| 26 | They used to In the lace market there used to be factories what used to make lace er and er a lady used to er go and take fetch so much lace out and she used to give it out to people what wanted to do it . |
| 27 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 28 | ‘ After Dirty Harry I used to have guys pull up next to me and say : ‘ Hey ! |
| 29 | There had been no buying or selling at Seamer for very many years , but in 1987 hundreds of gypsies arrived with the intention of reviving the horse trading which used to take place . |
| 30 | A young Roman Catholic soldier from the Lancashire Fusiliers was billeted on him for two summer months of 1941 and never forgot the joyful singing which used to accompany Ramsey 's washing and shaving before he went off to the cathedral each morning . |