Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is it , ah , they used to be su , according to everyone he was such a so and so , he er , he 's , he used to be barmy , he was like the clo , close barmy man and he used to like chase people around with bricks and stuff and everyone used to hate him and like Julian and Andy used to beat him up all the time |
| 2 | ‘ The story is that there 's an irresponsible , bored lunatic in Deptford , and I ought to keep him in a cage until I need him . ’ |
| 3 | There were loads of trips abroad , which there was n't a guilt thing about then , and I used to take them with both hands . |
| 4 | And I used to take them as I wanted them and I cleared the lot . |
| 5 | Dressed up and I used to take them and I used to leave them in the kitchen and the the head kitchen maid er the head kitchen maid w went and took them in . |
| 6 | But her boys used to run steam roller outside middle house and I used to take them in . |
| 7 | So I went and I used to take it in a bottle for him . |
| 8 | And I used to take it down to the grave yard . |
| 9 | And I used to take 'em round the pubs and put 'em up for raffles for Christmas . |
| 10 | He used to call on two of two boys , but there was a boy named , I remember him very well , and I used to do it regularly for this sixpence . |
| 11 | But I used to bring them in anyway , and I used to let them out the back door if the housemother came in . |
| 12 | Commonly called yellow fumitory , it comes up like mustard and cress at the foot of every shady wall in the garden and I used to wrench it out with the ruthlessness I used on sycamore seedlings until I discovered it on sale in a nursery for well over £1 a plant . |
| 13 | There was at the time a French popular song , wistful and haunting , and I used to repeat it in my mind like a rosary. : |
| 14 | The pudding is erm hot Jam roly poly or and I used to say he 's really going down it |
| 15 | . And when I was beginning to grow up and I used to visit her . |
| 16 | Yeah and I used to see them many a times in |
| 17 | Oh Dick , she says to me , she called she called me Dick and I used to tease her . |
| 18 | Dressed up and I used to take them and I used to leave them in the kitchen and the the head kitchen maid er the head kitchen maid w went and took them in . |
| 19 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 20 | and I used to give it |
| 21 | W. P. With kids , I used to carry my gloves in my hand and without any fingers in , and I used to catch them with the gloves if they were cheeky , and if they got cheekier still , I used to take them home for a belt . |
| 22 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
| 23 | And I used to tell them they were good at it . |
| 24 | ‘ And I used to think you were one smart cookie , ’ Vitor rasped . |
| 25 | he said and I got on very well with them , have a chat and I used to help them when they came in they were West Indians which gave everybody a bit of a shock when running a local Spa |
| 26 | you 've got proof , and I used to check it as a form teacher every , at the end of every week tick it and sign it I I only had about what , twenty in the class used to , every end of every week check and see they 're writing their homework down and if any problems came of it had n't written it down they were in trouble ! |
| 27 | I used to hide these three pennies because er not being used to having anything for nothing , when I 'd got two or three coppers , I 'd d I 'd find a little hiding place outside and this house had an outside wash house in the back and I used to hide them . |
| 28 | Th there was sort of decorations on the saddles and things like that you know , and er , er , they had this firm and it was up of course , well , and it , to tell how far it was I had to be in by seven o'clock and I used to run it all the way . |
| 29 | And I used to get them ready for them to put in the oven or fry it . |
| 30 | She used to say I 'll have a piece of topside and I used to get it down and cut her a piece of topside and sausages as well and pork chops . |