Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Someone ought to talk to the family connections , ’ Coffin said aloud . |
2 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
3 | And then er oh I often used to go to the pier concerts you know , Sunday night , Saturday night and Sunday night because they tiptop musical concerts . |
4 | And she used to go with the district nurses a lot to er to treat different people specially a long time I remember erm a young man erm h he had er I think it was cerebral palsy he had and er he was so fed up with himself he threw paraffin over himself and er set light you know on the top of the stairs and threw himself down . |
5 | The local bands used to play for the morning processions , in the afternoon they played selections at the sports and in the evening they would compete among themselves . |
6 | In midwinter the track beneath this bridge became a muddy morass , so at night , when he could not be seen by the signalman in Swithland box , he and his dog , who were inseparable , used to cross over the railway lines . |
7 | Some of us remember the times of fixed exchange rates under the Bretton Woods system when we used to hear in the House details of public expenditure cuts , of how we had to let go a great deal of our reserves , and of high interest rates — all at once . |
8 | Barn owls used to breed in the hay bales but when these were shifted the birds objected and moved off to the nearby quarry . |
9 | Those who used to live near the oil wells , in Ahmadi , will probably desert their houses . |
10 | Used to pay at the council offices . |
11 | The proprietor reminded me of the man who used to travel round the Forest villages killing pigs . |