Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [modal v] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they restrict cattle to the 14-hectare hillside plot which they 've had since 1979 — and from which they used to scrape a living of maize and beans before they invaded the valley-bottom land at La Colorada . |
| 2 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 3 | Instead , Wilby left the Midland Bank in Barnsley with a £2,500 cheque account , which he used to buy a car . |
| 4 | But , she resolved , I 'm going to do what I can to put a stop to it . |
| 5 | Well it used to be a clothes shop but what you used to call a pawn shop in them days as well . |
| 6 | Yes well you used to scoop your water out with what you used to call a ladle in them days . |
| 7 | So what we ought to have a deadline for collect collecting the information . |
| 8 | And on that side , what we fireplace it used to be what we used to call a boiler , you used to fill it with water and it used to the fire used to heat it for you to take it we used to call what we used to call ladle it out into a a bowl to wash your pots with or wash your floor with or anything with . |
| 9 | Oh I tell you what we used to have a dresser like this in front of of of a of a h of a of a at home and er mother used to make a a jelly and she used to put it underneath the dresser and put a plate on on top of it in case the mice would get it . |
| 10 | Therefore , will he do what he can to encourage a response from small authorities to adopt the new powers ? |