Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 2 | When you only used to do four or five a year — never mind five in one weekend . |
| 3 | I ca n't remember that but I know she , she 'd been to the families either side , Mrs she 'd got one son and two daughters and there and what have you , and then at the end house furthest from the lock was a family named they got two lads and oh she only used to charge half a crown . |
| 4 | no I just did n't want anything , I do n't , I do n't bother I , I mean I only used to have one meal a day before . |
| 5 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 6 | But they just might to make certain you 're not here — that you have left for the Lake District . ’ |
| 7 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 8 | I just used to feel horrible . ’ |
| 9 | But I just used to have this dream , of all these animals , and I had to go in with all these animals , it was actually full , crammed full of animals , that were all out to eat me , and , kill me , |
| 10 | You really , when you come home ought to write these things down . |
| 11 | But as I say , we can take the plates off the screen underneath here but I mean I think you still ought to have another bloke |
| 12 | I know , cockroach 's insect , I do n't use those cos they say colours make children go hyperactive , used to stop using them when we had Geoffrey , cos he always used to go berserk |
| 13 | Oh yes , yes I I I I we us always used to do that . |
| 14 | My gran used to always used to do that . |
| 15 | the dustbin , she always used to do that . |
| 16 | My father always used to do that for his crocuses because the birds loved the yellow ones , do n't they ? |
| 17 | And mum always used to say that 's what gave you that hernia that walking all the way for food ! |
| 18 | My mum always used to say that , why have n't you drunk this little bit of tea in the bottom , but I never do . |
| 19 | She always used to say this is my favourite . |
| 20 | And they al always used to order half a dozen hats . |
| 21 | ‘ She always used to leave little warning signs when she was younger , ’ he said as he came back to the horses . |
| 22 | a set of little tiny loaf tins and we all , she always used to make these little ones , you know , that 's mine , that 's me brother 's , |
| 23 | ‘ I always used to feel such demands from Edouard . |
| 24 | I always used to relate this to the ghostly effect you sometimes get round a figure in a horror film . |
| 25 | I always used to think that , why ca n't , why ca n't they push Mrs Thatcher |
| 26 | I could n't back to , like I always used to have two erm but oh I could n't go back to that ! |
| 27 | but you always used to have this mince and you would n't eat the mince |
| 28 | The phase usually used to cover this situation is ‘ permanent arms economy ’ . |
| 29 | One month later I did visit the Embassy , a little Russia behind a wrought-iron gate and walls once used to confine Cossack prisoners . |
| 30 | At all three chosen sites — near the villages of Gwithian and Luxulyan and on military land at Nancekuke once used to store chemical weapons — there was immediate concern , particularly at the effect any sort of accident would have on the vital West Country tourist industry . |