Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if the ground was kind of wet we used to er make slide then and skate along on it and if the ground got dry we would get a old bucket or something and run round to the tap at the tank at the back of the school and get a a lot of water wet till you could slip on it . |
| 2 | We 've be run courses you know and this they used to , they run directors ' courses , directors ' training courses and things like that you know and public speaking you know . |
| 3 | I used to cut across this it used to be a field on the way home from |
| 4 | If we are sensible it ought to be against San Marino in February . ’ |
| 5 | there , I mean in the older days they used to have a li little railway and they used t used more or less take all the sewage on to his land and there used to be couple little trucks where you tip over and they 'd be one down and one up , on and he , old he used to , used to be his , put on his land . |
| 6 | Well anybody over forty years old it ought to be , it ought to be compulsory ! |
| 7 | She used to like giving head so much I used to fucking right drop them yup slurp that was it . |
| 8 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 9 | I 'll do all I can To be freed of the |
| 10 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 11 | Now I 'm like you , you 're like I used to be . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure you ought to be sitting down , ’ Julia said as soon as the introductions had been made . |
| 13 | Curtseying was not a country custom , and besides , even had they been in town , she was n't sure she should to one of her brother 's friends , whom she 'd known since he was a boy . |
| 14 | And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat . |
| 15 | We keep up standards by running training awards for Upholstery and Soft Furnishing trainees , these trainees are our future craftsmen and women and we are doing all we can to ‘ uphold ’ the same standards we had in the past and maintain them into the future . |
| 16 | Jean Stubbs does the same for the 60s in Like We Used To Be ( Macmillan , £11.95 ) bringing to life the world of Flower Power and pot , contraception and the Beatles . |
| 17 | But as soon as he had reminded himself of his motive , it rang as hollow to him as he felt sure it must to others . |
| 18 | That 's right there 's a that used to be an old meadow , that 's all it used to be , course now , they 've got a nice football pitch on it now . |
| 19 | Do n't you remember how good it used to be ? ’ |
| 20 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 21 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 22 | ‘ It was her life , you see , parties and pretty clothes , and putting them on makes her remember how happy she used to be . |
| 23 | Besides , do n't you remember how lonely you used to be on your own ? ’ |
| 24 | Another thing that might be worth doing as well I mean do n't make it too complicated we ought to about which things to put in . |
| 25 | Erm so if we had one penny shared out between two of us we get a half a penny each a half penny which they do n't have any more they used to but they have them any more . |
| 26 | Yes , but On the last comment that er Chris made er bringing us and the letter to county about the the failure of the meeting on the twenty second cos we feel that they are just lying down to the situation and not pursuing a pursuing the D A P about whatsoever and erm we are , certainly in John 's letter probably get it signed tonight complaining and asking for a a meeting as soon as possible because we feel that that they ought to be pursuing the question of these two sites , they 're dragging their feet ! |
| 27 | Well , you see you finish in the morning about half past , half past twelve we used to , cos no sooner you get your dinner and had a drink , you had to be back again two o'clock or half past two to start on 'em again , you see , |
| 28 | I suppose to be technical it ought to be the er it ought to be referred to as the Franco- German war . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll just bet she was some broad he used to be in love with or something , and he 's been giving her the brush-off while she 's trying to fan the embers , get back to the way it used to be . ’ |
| 30 | But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ? |