Example sentences of "[coord] he [modal v] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was reserved , and he used to do a lot of thinking , especially on the golf course where he used to keep himself to himself . |
| 2 | He went to er College , and he used to wear a mortar board , cos that 's the tassel hanging down , and this here thing . |
| 3 | And he used to have a small piece of stick with a on the end of it , cut from er a tree or a bush . |
| 4 | And he used to have a small stand on it do you see , to hold the barrel , and then he could manoeuvre around just like a machine gun . |
| 5 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 6 | " Aye , but he used to keep a few beasts years ago . |
| 7 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |