Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is rather whether the accounts ought to record it in a meaningful way . |
| 2 | The org the organist used to carry it for a long way . |
| 3 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 4 | They used to advertise it with a big white fluffy cat |
| 5 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
| 6 | No such a thing as bales of straw , it was loose hay stacked , and you used to cut it with a big hay knife . |