Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [to-vb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to tease Shaun a bit and I used to ask for it in a way . ’ |
| 2 | So I used to go for it , just in case , and nine times out of 10 he 'd find me . |
| 3 | Well , I used to wait for her , trembling like a leaf ; then she would come behind me and bump me , and down I would go , down , down , down , into hell and wake up screaming and our Charlie shaking the life out of me … ’ |
| 4 | I always see him riding about up the Steven there he 's always up there I know when I used to work for it was always Steve who used to be riding to this farm , riding to that farm , checking on this , checking on that and taking the wages round that sort of thing . |
| 5 | Cinemas had their own magazines : the Gaumont , Watford , had its own magazine ; the State , Kilburn , had its own magazine , and I used to write for them and did verses . |
| 6 | I used to look for him too when I was younger but I ca n't climb the shelves anymore . |
| 7 | She was pleased at the distinction , and amused , as she told me , that twice she had been decorated by a Labour government ; she almost felt she ought to vote for them ! |
| 8 | After what Jeff had told her about Guido Falcone , the only feelings she ought to have for him were disapproval and dislike . |
| 9 | She had told me , quite sharply for her , to drop that silly name we used to have for him , the man of principle . |
| 10 | Now both of them were choking with their laughter as Mick ended , ‘ It got so bad that they used to wait for it every Sunday night and try to smother me with a pillow . |
| 11 | And different churches round , they used to send for him when there was nobody there . |
| 12 | He used to call for me to go to school , and that could be an eventful journey because the way led through the Sayers ' farm at West New Houses , and they kept a flock of geese and a bull . |
| 13 | When my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook was Home Secretary , he used to draft for us what he described as a crime clock . |
| 14 | He used to baby-sit for her . |
| 15 | He used to drive for you . ’ |
| 16 | I mean we were to come over Bridge here and there was a police station on Bridge at the time , police , you know opposite the T B I , and the sergeant used to stand there and he used to wait for us coming home . |