Example sentences of "[coord] i [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm an actress , or I used to be . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm a model , or I used to be until I married . |
| 3 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 4 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 5 | It was difficult cos you only had what they we call the joystick behind me and I used to work that and I used to be |
| 6 | One time that used to be further in the dock and I used to be let the erm , the manager know , the pool manager , cos at one time before the war , dockers were erm casual and when the war started , then they thought theirself , right we 're gon na make er dockers more or less permanent , so they all come under the Ipswich Dock Commission then . |
| 7 | I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out . |
| 8 | He said never been and I used to be going like this to you . |
| 9 | and he 's saying he 'll marry her and then of course Acky he and he says you know , er A Acky you know , and I used to be a male nurse you know , and John says aye , John |
| 10 | Yeah it was something like that and he had a sister called Lisa who was about a year older than me and I used to be best friends with her . |
| 11 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 12 | cos er I mean , I mean , I says I did n't want but I , I would n't of been back but I would of been getting off that bus now |
| 13 | But I would of been a model . |
| 14 | It is true there was a lot of housework but I used to be very lonely . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's coincidental , but I used to be in a band at school called The Frogmen now I 'm in The Crickets , ’ says Alex . |