Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pron] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things like that they ought to put you in a room together , you 'd be fine would n't you ! |
| 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 | The older girls used to stand me in a corner of the playground and throw stones at me . |
| 4 | ‘ But he used to do it in an hour , ’ said his wife impatiently . |
| 5 | Yes he was , you see and he used to come down , you know , and everybody 's family waiting to go into that tiny tiny little surgery but I do n't know if it 's the same now and the door half open in er well , anyway , still er he , he , he , he used to put something in a bottle and fill it up with water some liquid |
| 6 | Then you used to build it in a stack and then you used to take it in the barn and thresh it . |
| 7 | Cos she always used to have it in a pony tail . |
| 8 | And her mother used to take her in a governess cart ( 'sometimes drawn by a donkey' ) to the seaside , when they lived in Essex . |
| 9 | So I went and I used to take it in a bottle for him . |