Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [to-vb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
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 | I used to ride both horses in the early days to take them to be shod over to Lowson 's Smithy at Romaldkirk . |
4 | I Spare time as a school boy , I used to play either football in the winter or cricket in the summer . |
5 | ‘ I used to throw away plastic razors all the time . |
6 | eventually they went bankrupt , Florrie is an of mine , she used to work there part time and she always enjoyed it , she 's been there say twenty years , she just came back from holiday and found the place is closed down and none of for the past er fifteen months he 'd been there , that past fifteen months none of their part time staff had their stamps put on their cards , so for their , for their pension |
7 | ‘ You said you used to cut away portions of the brain , ’ Nicholson said . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | And we used to have long skipping ropes too . |
10 | Well they they ought to know better Mick , I mean I know everybody acts daft now and again , but it , it 's , it 's not worth it . |
11 | Dutta said Guppy also asked him to set up an account in Geneva which he used to channel nearly £500,000 following the fake robbery and insurance payout . |