Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and Ken we used to write it down on a bit of paper who had what and who owed what and |
| 2 | When I was immersed in my book on Coleridge I used to read you some of his letters . |
| 3 | Martin they used to call it , pitch and toss , er till the policeman used to come round and used to , what you on with ? |
| 4 | I do n't think Tom probably approved , but she well actually when they used to come to us on Sunday I used to take them to er , to Belver Fall me and David , Thelma 's husband and he 's er , his father was a superintendent so , do you want any tea ? |
| 5 | Oh right said Daryl and Elsie you ought to know I suppose any way , I 'd suspect you 'd like a sister , it 's nice having one . |
| 6 | My step brother , Tommy , do you know the original well Mr was a sales rep for Bokes couriers , and er his wife used to make pickles , homemade , and she us Mr used to give his friends a jar of pickles occasionally and er from that the idea of selling them , cos it ou after they 'd started distributing amongst his friends he got the idea that there was a market for it , so my step-brother Tommy er started to work with Mrs we used to call them Mrs but her name was , Street you know where Street is , well on the left hand side of Street about oh at the back of the first row of houses in Street , there was a , a small open space and Mr had a big shed put there , and er started buying the pickling onions and er all the women who wished to started skinning onions at so much a bag for Mr and er he 'd gradually built himself up but me step- brother Tommy was er working full time helping Mrs to pick the onions and , and that , that 's how Mac 's Pickles started was just from a mere fact of him being a commercial traveller and he 'd di distribute them to his friends and created the , a market for himself really ac actually they , they , they did have a van driver and a van , a van to deliver them as they gradually increased the supply and they used to deliver them all , all around the area . |
| 7 | Barbosa there used to meet him most afternoons in the bullrings in Spain . |
| 8 | ROBBIE You used to say you could always tell what was bothering me , you said my face gave me away . |
| 9 | Dick she used to call me . |
| 10 | I bought it in village in Mark 's Wood I used to take it up the runway and |
| 11 | Back at home , back at school and everything now , I do n't know , she never ever told me the story , she used to talked to Steffy she used to shut me off , and I thought I 'd |
| 12 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 13 | When he first set foot in Adam 's Creek he used to think they were snakes or lizards , some kind of reptile anyway . |