Example sentences of "always [modal v] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew men old he was a chain smoker , he always used to smoke Woodbines and as one went out he 'd light the other one er ou on it , he would n't use matches , no he 'd , he 'd light one cigarette off the other . |
| 2 | They always used to give way to 'em . |
| 3 | ‘ I always used to like Doctor Who , ’ he said . |
| 4 | And erm one of the girls that was on there became a very very famous soprano in the country , erm Connie Shackelock you 've probably not heard of her , she 's sort of a bit before your time but er she always used to sing Land of Hope and Glory on the last night of the Proms a few years ago . |
| 5 | As a boy living in Stockton Nigel always used to watch Middlesbrugh at Ayresome Park and consider Darlington the poor neighbours . |
| 6 | Two o'clock and I always used to leave work and take him out for an hour . |
| 7 | He always used to lecture people , tell them about the honesty of the artist , the necessity not to speak like a bourgeois . |
| 8 | I always used to think Bach was a bore . |
| 9 | Now whether there was any truth in it or not I do n't know but a lot of country women always used to have raspberry leaf tea during pregnancy . |
| 10 | Oh goodness I do n't think , I think they stopped using them during the war and I cr see that used to be like the gasworks , the gasworks you always used to have clogs , they used to have wooden soles , did the gasworks and then they used to have erm like a steel bar underneath or round the sole |
| 11 | oh my mother always used to buy H P baked beans when I was a kid |
| 12 | my mother always used to buy Pan Yan pickle |
| 13 | I always used to eat paper man , paper you could eat . |