Example sentences of "er [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 . |