Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [to-vb] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my father used to work in a university for a few years after he graduated , and he might have invented something ; he occasionally hints that he gets some sort of royalty from a patent or something , but I suspect the old hippy survives on whatever family wealth the Cauldhames still have secreted away . |
| 2 | NICOLA Delacour ( 18 ) , from Newtownards used to work in a building society but has now been modelling for nearly a year . |
| 3 | Michael Wolff , defending , said Jones used to live in a flat owned by Mr Redmond 's wife and there had been a dispute about £140 in rent allegedly outstanding . |
| 4 | Defense counsel Michael Wolff said that Jones used to live in a flat owned by Mr Redmond 's wife and there had been a long running dispute over £140 rent allegedly outstanding . |
| 5 | Me old man right , me uncle , me uncle used to live in a house which used to digging in the back garden , this piece of fucking dirt and he pulled out this and its sort of round , my old man 's gone , no he , he said er I would n't dig there any more |
| 6 | Chris used to live in a council house , a stone 's throw away from his new £500,000 pad . |