Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb mod] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's the local judge , and I ought to report Pew 's death to him or Squire Trelawney . |
| 2 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 3 | Cherry Vanilla and I used to take care of our time when we were n't rehearsing by pretending we were rock and roll journalists — which we were n't . |
| 4 | And I used to do testing , you know , for urine |
| 5 | Oh about eight , seven or eight , but when we first went there the honourable S G W was the vicar , fourth son of the Earl of and er , oh you he was there then afterwards er Father came , and I used to do altar serving oh I was never interested in it you know I was forced into it . |
| 6 | But then she start putting my erm blouses on like , cos she probably seen somebody come in nice thinking oh dress up tomorrow and then I , in case he comes in and I used to think shit that had been in the wardrobe , alright I do n't wear them but I mean they 're still nice |
| 7 | Now I earned ten and thruppence , used to take the ten and thruppence home and I used to get tenpence ha'penny spending money . |
| 8 | When we first met my fiancé and I used to make love every day and often in really unusual places — in fields , on the beach , in the car and so on . |
| 9 | But I used to do work for customer down the garage there he used to have two cars to hire and I drove one in my spare time . |
| 10 | But I used to enjoy speed quite a lot , y'know , but never , I never used it intravenously . |
| 11 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |