Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , you ought to go to a party and do one . |
| 2 | He 'll eat fish , but he wo n't eat meat and erm , so probably likes a he likes to do his own thing , I said well you ought to book in a hotel and |
| 3 | I ca n't remember any of it now , but I used to sit on a crate and listen to her , and think about freedom , stupid things you think when you 're a kid , you know . |
| 4 | I used to go into a shop and I 'd shake and I 'd know that I was doing wrong and I 'd be really scared and I 'd just knew I do n't want to go to prison so I decide to stop it . |
| 5 | We used to go on a tram-car and have a smoke , and a councillor was on there once , and noticed us having a smoke . |
| 6 | P. P. I used to go down a street and perhaps a week previously I had locked that fellow up and I used to walk past him and if they said anything to me I 'd say , ‘ Shut up and get inside . ’ |
| 7 | Any that you used to go in a lot that you can tell me about ? |
| 8 | Which you used to light with a taper or something like that and they had little chains on to adjust your light . |
| 9 | He used to work as a policeman and , on the few occasions when he was in extreme danger , automatically did whatever had to be done without any thought for his own safety . |
| 10 | I used to work for a furniture and I always had the King 's Lynn I think was always easier |
| 11 | He used to work on a farm and wanted to be buried in a country church . |
| 12 | I used to work in a bookshop before I had my baby . ’ |
| 13 | There used to be a man used to come with a horse and dray selling greengroceries and his name was , T . |
| 14 | And I mean I remember myself when I was a young girl that you used to walk along a road and you 'd see houses that were going to rack and ruin . |
| 15 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 16 | Er I think she used to sing with a group and I think she 's gone on her own and I do n't know which one to go for . |
| 17 | You see traditionally people used to think of an evaluation as something that was very convergent and first people gathered lots of evidence , and then they wrote a set of recommendations or conclusions , and you were supposed to agree them or follow them afterwards . |