Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I , I 'd like to see what Peter would like to see actually , I think we ought to see the whole thing done in one fell swoop . |
| 2 | She used to scoff the whole plate when she came round . |
| 3 | ( Rhoda used to soak the whole cloth in bourbon . ) |
| 4 | Er I , I was a messenger for a time for the er , we lived in Lane and I was a messenger for a time with the erm A R P headquarters in Drive , now when my uncle got married and he had two children and I 'd , they were issuing gas masks and I had to go down and fetch a gas mask for his daughter and they were great big ones that used to envelope the whole babies with a bellows on the side that the mothers used to have to pump when they were in them , thank goodness we never had to use them and erm |
| 5 | The sun took its toll in August when I went to Britford Sheep Fair with my Uncle Arthur , a civil servant who used to have the whole month for holiday and returned home to learn that Ron Stanley , a schoolmate who lived in The Friary , had died from sunstroke . |
| 6 | In the summer-time we used to have the whole rib of beef , cold with salad every Sunday ; our joint was that . |
| 7 | At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend … |
| 8 | We ought to tell the whole story to Zacco. , |