Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for me , I tell you as a friend , I feel impotent when confronted with such nature , for my Northern brains were oppressed by a nightmare in those peaceful spots as I felt one ought to do better things with the foliage . |
| 2 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 3 | The sounds used to chase away competitors are equally diverse . |
| 4 | I used to ride both horses in the early days to take them to be shod over to Lowson 's Smithy at Romaldkirk . |
| 5 | When it came to explain why millions of ordinary people had joined in student-led unrest in the capital , the Communist Party resorted to the line already used to explain away outbursts of discontent in Tibet — the masses were deceived and manipulated by a ‘ tiny handful ’ of ‘ evil-doers , ruffians and counter-revolutionaries ’ . |
| 6 | They did used to take away rights , which mainly why he 's put his application in for this relative |
| 7 | ‘ You said you used to cut away portions of the brain , ’ Nicholson said . |