Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I was baptized into the Methodist faith I used to prefer the church service because it did n't go on so long . |
| 2 | yes I see , I think er unfortunately doctor I in this particular case I ought to make an order for certificate for counsel erm in the current , in respect of the costs incurred below on the thirteenth of August seems to me do er the proper kind of case in which to instruct counsel . |
| 3 | At this hour I ought to make the movie capital in about one-and-a-half-hours . |
| 4 | " When I was a child I used to imagine the moor belonged to me , that I was a young prince or the heir to an estate or something . |
| 5 | And then I 'd er aft finished then and miserable around here aye and in the town I used to get a job here and there . |
| 6 | At night I used to put the pillow on my head and just hold it so as I could n't hear . |
| 7 | Having said that , even in my old Cub I used to suffer the same fate on occasion . |
| 8 | The beginning of the week I used to cut the meat like he did and erm and take orders . |
| 9 | And every Monday morning I used to yoke the pony in the pig float and go to Wicken and fetch the pigs . |
| 10 | In the past I used to have a , a class on psycho- history , and I dropped it , and one of the reasons why I dropped it was , the lit a lot of the literary was very poor quality , for a start , and erm , people , er , students , er got that too , and I could n't really blame them . |
| 11 | But in a stage of my life I used to do the same thing a lot . |