Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pron] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irishmen , if they had any cattle left , used to drive them into the street ; and they 'd carry on bargaining with the farmers under a street lamp ; and when the police came along they 'd move further on to another lamp until they 'd sold all their cattle . ’ |
| 2 | Do you know we had bales of , bales of til tins all pressed together as big as that machine , yeah and they 'd dump into the ship and they used to have magnets , put 'em into a net and these er bales of tins , any old tins , they used to find , used to go in there , we used to tip 'em , we used to tip them into the hold they cut the ship right up and that that 's what we 're getting back in motor cars now . |
| 3 | And he used to put them into the oven while it was still hot to bake for him used to pick them up on our way home from school . |
| 4 | And when I come back , she had the poker in the fire : they used to put it into the stout . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Jack used to call me into the office , ask me to sign three letters and then order me back out onto the training pitch because he knew that was my second home . ’ |
| 6 | He also used to take me into the insect house , where he kept mosquitoes infected with tropical diseases . |
| 7 | And erm you used to cut it into the basket in the corner . |