Example sentences of "and i [vb mod] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And I used to take them as I wanted them and I cleared the lot . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But her boys used to run steam roller outside middle house and I used to take them in . |
| 6 | So I went and I used to take it in a bottle for him . |
| 7 | And I used to take it down to the grave yard . |
| 8 | And I used to take 'em round the pubs and put 'em up for raffles for Christmas . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But I used to bring them in anyway , and I used to let them out the back door if the housemother came in . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There was at the time a French popular song , wistful and haunting , and I used to repeat it in my mind like a rosary. : |
| 13 | The pudding is erm hot Jam roly poly or and I used to say he 's really going down it |
| 14 | . And when I was beginning to grow up and I used to visit her . |
| 15 | Yeah and I used to see them many a times in |
| 16 | Oh Dick , she says to me , she called she called me Dick and I used to tease her . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 19 | and I used to give it |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And I used to tell them they were good at it . |
| 23 | ‘ And I used to think you were one smart cookie , ’ Vitor rasped . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And I used to get them ready for them to put in the oven or fry it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | My father was a singer , and I used to accompany him in all those arias from Bohème and so on . |