Example sentences of "[vb mod] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my instructions were that I I used to either let them have two thirds of that or a half , you see ? |
| 2 | Well again you see , I , I , with us keeping our own pigs which we always did , we were always better off than anybody else and er we er , we , you see when we kept these pigs , we used to either buy or , or breed some young ones see . |
| 3 | And then people used to er maybe wedding rings or sovereign used to pawn that and then they used to either they could n't afford to get it out , to , to redeem it so er the pawnbroker would sell it then , after a time . |
| 4 | It was a shed hand actually , he did n't , was n't responsible for cash although he helped the cashier and er , I well remember this erm in those days the conductor used to either run into depot with the bus or he 'd get relief on the Cornhill , he walked down to the depot carrying his cash in his cash bag and then he 'd sit in the paying in room and he 'd laboriously cam carried out his cash , piling the pennies into stacks , the ha'pennies , the tokens , the sixpences , every denomination . |
| 5 | But he used to go there , he used to nearly live there and er you know . |
| 6 | The Agen loose-head , who has never had a reputation for being a hothead , is refereeing junior and children 's games unaware that an old regulation of the French Federation — which used to automatically reduce the length of his ban if a player could show repentance by taking up refereeing — is no longer valid . |
| 7 | She used to like giving head so much I used to fucking right drop them yup slurp that was it . |
| 8 | I remember the fella I used to go with , his grandma Cissy she , she used to fucking get the dog a cup , it was his cup like , to drink his tea . |
| 9 | Oh , I used to fucking wait on him . |
| 10 | Er a lot a lot of those merchants used to Probably still do , mooch round the flats . |
| 11 | They used to even tithe of the herbs in their herb garden ! |
| 12 | I used to even give up my lunch hours so that I could come home and take the dog out ! |
| 13 | Stand high up and big white globe , and the used to little got a little door . |
| 14 | She used to generally get home about , she used to go right to you see , and get home about seven o'clock at night . |
| 15 | And then they used to well it used to be ever so long , yards and yards of it and then we used to what they call drawing . |
| 16 | Ooh well they used to well they did n't used to sing a lot of songs but er they used to do a lot of you know playing about and perhaps and then they 'd perhaps have a ball . |
| 17 | I used to well I was VAT but pulled out . |
| 18 | Oh I used to well the used to catch rabbits you know . |
| 19 | All it needed was a bit of tumbleweed to make it seem more deserted than it really was and I used to just fight against that dissatisfaction . |
| 20 | He used to just sit there with a 12 string guitar and often used a tape recorder with backing tracks , and then put on a harmony live or used a stylophone . |
| 21 | I used to just like comfortable clothes but now I 'm more into dressing up . ’ |
| 22 | I used to just like comfortable clothes but now I 'm more into dressing up , ’ she reveals . |
| 23 | He was on the dole for a long time and he used to just eat mashed potato and things like that . ’ |
| 24 | I had friends there but I used to just start crying before I was due to go . ’ |
| 25 | Well , I used to just stay in my house all night and lock myself in my room and think . |
| 26 | She seemed distressed , ‘ I mean Balbinder , he used to just sit by the telly , even now he still … he wants toys … he does n't want to do the things , he wants to do all the time what he wants to do … ’ |
| 27 | Cos they wo n't be used to just |
| 28 | I used to just let him get away with it . |
| 29 | And then my friends ' boyfriends , on an evening out , they used to just have a go at him , and I 'd feel really embarrassed . |
| 30 | I used to just sit and cry . |