Example sentences of "[unc] [pers pn] [modal v] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And help with the lorry business and er I used to get three pound a week out of it . |
| 2 | And er she used to sell corned beef and er pickled onions or anything like that for people what was working round there what could n't get home for dinner . |
| 3 | Now what they , what they were supposed to do erm I never did know but there were quite a number of these er men who lived in this train and they had a lieutenant who 's quite a handsome chap by all accounts , he used to come into the office a chap named lieutenant and erm erm this was one of the things that landed on Joyce 's plant er plate and er she used to meet these Education Officers and arrange for courses and in the er in Lieutenant 's case of course there was er , instruction in English which erm erm Stanley who was a Headmaster of er Area School he undertook classes for these Polish chaps but er so often of course these erm , these units were only in the area for a limited space of time so you could n't arrange anything very , very comprehensive |
| 4 | Oh yes , it was a leather er erm a piece of leather with three tongs on it and a handle to it , and er you used to have this strap on your hand . |
| 5 | So I er we used to catch these blackbirds and them in a and pull the string and they used er try and catch them and we used to we used to kill them and and pluck them |
| 6 | But er we used to bring these tubs then down from there on to the main road where the rope , the haulage rope travelled you see ? |
| 7 | We built the shapes up , and it was the the high class shop in , was two sisters on Gate , that er we went to sh er sch er shop and er we used to make these shapes from the coil of wire , these 'll be very nippers that I used , there and still use them today ever so useful . |
| 8 | See like erm l l l lorries and all like that , caravans , I mean I , caravans , we used to load the small ones and er we used to have two bars go underneath with a bit of wood on top and we used to have one hand on one end while they cos that was a damn nuisance . |
| 9 | . And we used to have er we used to have some donkeys , and we used to have to get those ticked . |
| 10 | Er well er the just these two people that retired there , er they used to come this man in a car from , that was their lift to their work . |
| 11 | And I remember when I was a nipper , er er being up there and they had , they always had a box in the back of their caravan where they kept two or three hens , and , and , and er they used to have this game bird . |
| 12 | Yes oh yes and er he used to buy some bullocks from Mr Ro Mr La from Upware . |
| 13 | Er when I was s I used to get eight shilling at one time Unemployment Benefit . |
| 14 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling â Fire â + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ tâ : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 15 | And erm we used to kick this tin down the hill and er as I say it would roll down and we would all go and hide anywhere , back garden , front garden , over a wall , round a corner , anywhere like that you see . |
| 16 | I mean first thing he did was er redundan we used to get four weeks for every year redundancy payment , bang , no forget it . |