Example sentences of "they [modal v] [to-vb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to give us the creeps . ’ |
| 2 | I used to cut them all up and they used to leave me the legs , you know , the hams and the backs and they used to have a few joints off and take home and then the rest I used to lay it , put it into bacon down the cellar . |
| 3 | C they used to call them the horse boxes . |
| 4 | Oh yes very much so very much so there always has been , yeah they used to call them the faithful four thousand at one time . |
| 5 | Oh to get your bargains oh yes they would n't , there were n't really good fridges in those days , there was co col cold rooms but erm they would be glad to get rid of the meat that they 'd already got cut up you see , and the barker , they used to call them the barkers , standing outside you see and get your fresh meat and so on , so on , so on , so you know and er to get the custom in you see , oh there was real competition between the barkers and there were barkers standing in road . |
| 6 | And er the old man , they they used to call him the iron man and he was the iron man . |
| 7 | In fact , they used to call it the gun for the wild ducks do you see . |
| 8 | Oh yes , oh yes each side and er there , some , a few came round erm where it used to be the old picture house , a few came around up as far as Rushbrooks and erm further up towards erm now then The Central , there 's a school that they used to call it The Central but erm |
| 9 | They used to call it the asylum , years ago . |