Example sentences of "[no cls] [pron] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I was er I used to be a kitchen maid . |
| 2 | But I think in fairness to erm complete the picture shall we say , I really think we ought to er we ought to be looking at it . |
| 3 | But it was agreed was it not that er there ought to be coupled with that , it seems appropriate when you 're talking about water supplies . |
| 4 | So you 've got er those kind of problems but er there ought to be some troop support for you . |
| 5 | But afterwards , as things got , there was erm a look out post built on the flat roof of one of the buildings at the factory and then er there used to be , when the sirens went , there 'd be look outs in this er observation post on top of the factory . |
| 6 | Er there used to be a a a a an inlet to the other shaft , you see there was an inlet shaft that was all boxed in , that was the top hard that went down four hundred and ninety yards you see ? |
| 7 | With a horse , I had a horse then , and er there u there used to be er there used to be three or four of us there with horses and we we used to The the the From the coal face there used to be all individual horses bringing odd tubs into a turnout What we called a turner which was a collection of different tubs you see ? |
| 8 | Oh we used to er there used to be er er two rooms downstairs and then there used to be what you used to call er the attic they used to call them in them days . |
| 9 | And er there used to be these er like Scotch people you know , with kilts , with swords and put them on the floor and dance round the swords and . |
| 10 | And they said he never said much to them , well he perhaps did n't , he would n't do because he was like that you see , but pra before interviewing him on television , er of course the War came and India was given freedom , and er there used to be you know the Sweet people who used to have a big factory on Road , was a very famous sweet in them days , I do n't think they are now , but was a very good sweet firm , and they 'd got a daughter cos she was in the , during the War the Anglo-Soviet Friendship er she was one of the course they 'd got hundreds but she was one . |
| 11 | Lord for instance and er there used to be one from this way , Portmadoc somewhere , the place was the place was called . |
| 12 | we have n't had one for oh many what fifteen , twenty years a co er there used to be a couple of women used to come to sell rock . |
| 13 | There er there used to be a time when it was fairly easy to predict what Tory motions would say . |
| 14 | Now that 's the entrance and there is where the er there used to be the erm er wagon turntable out here , and the entrance for the trucks was er through that doorway . |
| 15 | and er it would of been impossible to rest your feet on the rail them performing the most uncomfortable |
| 16 | I suppose to be technical it ought to be the er it ought to be referred to as the Franco- German war . |
| 17 | Just er it might of been of course I had plants through there it might have been |
| 18 | And er it used to be quite event when you saw all the queue and , and er of course with Walsall Wood you 've got the room over the shop where the Guild room was and a rest room I think for the staff . |
| 19 | And er he used to be he he mother used to make make some tea for him and warm tea in a bottle in a glass bottle you know . |
| 20 | a smallish guy , er , sandy , sandy hair cut short , very stocky , er he used to be up at , he used to be at Glenmore Lodge |
| 21 | and th we used to be visited by some of their people |
| 22 | And then there was with er where Saint Peter 's church is , where is now , th there used to be a Punch and Judy show there t every week as well . |
| 23 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 24 | Yeah , th he used to be he used to be a watchmaker or clock er mender , watcher whatever you call it ! |
| 25 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 26 | Apart from this , Elstir 's insistence on painting what his senses register , not what his mind believes , is connected with two features in À la recherche which ought to be mentioned I think however briefly . |
| 27 | Erm you used to be able , this tea point in the office right , you saw it the fucking on |
| 28 | Mercury account number , talk to Connie erm who used to be at Hull . |
| 29 | Oh of course down there the bottom and that there used to be a lot of erm there used to be some lodging houses what they call lodging houses for people what 's got nowhere to go you know , you used to sleep and . |
| 30 | And erm there used to be shops where they would , they 'd sort of say , we can give you pills to bring it on , but I , I do n't think they ever really did . |