Example sentences of "father [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said the father ought to be ashamed of himself , using children who should be in school to make money , and that one day the police would find him . |
| 2 | Neither the Labour spokesman , Mark Fisher , whose father used to be a Tory MP and a friend , or the Tory spokesman , Tim Renton , another friend , are against state subsidies for the arts , as I am . |
| 3 | Erm we boys , my father used to s what we call stud our shoes , and they were round sort of metal studs , and these were sort of knocked into your soles to save the leather . |
| 4 | Like where your father used to be overseer ? " |
| 5 | ‘ My father used to be a member of the County Cricket Club . ’ |
| 6 | And my father used to gilly in the Summertime . |
| 7 | Father used to and do the grave . |
| 8 | Father used to he was a great gardener . |
| 9 | Just build up of , erm I was talking to our Tom about nosebleeds , Alan was saying that his father used to be a lot like David and he used to get terrible headaches and it used to end up in a really bad nosebleed and he started giving blood regular and it stopped it . |
| 10 | I can remember Carole my father used to ah ! now and |
| 11 | Yeah her mother and father used to be the , but they were sort of in the always in the scene erm , repertory and they were in charge of you know ? |