Example sentences of "[vb mod] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well again you see , I , I , with us keeping our own pigs which we always did , we were always better off than anybody else and er we er , we , you see when we kept these pigs , we used to either buy or , or breed some young ones see . |
| 2 | And my instructions were that I I used to either let them have two thirds of that or a half , you see ? |
| 3 | But he used to go there , he used to nearly live there and er you know . |
| 4 | The Agen loose-head , who has never had a reputation for being a hothead , is refereeing junior and children 's games unaware that an old regulation of the French Federation — which used to automatically reduce the length of his ban if a player could show repentance by taking up refereeing — is no longer valid . |
| 5 | I remember the fella I used to go with , his grandma Cissy she , she used to fucking get the dog a cup , it was his cup like , to drink his tea . |
| 6 | Oh , I used to fucking wait on him . |
| 7 | I used to even give up my lunch hours so that I could come home and take the dog out ! |
| 8 | She used to generally get home about , she used to go right to you see , and get home about seven o'clock at night . |
| 9 | So I 've got all ready , for me AIDS cos I used to just think oh I do n't really , I could just go and get some leaflets on ban on |
| 10 | I remember we used to just fancy |
| 11 | It 's like a a rou round disc that screwed on and as that wore at the back you used to just slacken the screw slightly and turn it round until a little bit more of it wore and then you turn it round again until the whole thing was worn down . |
| 12 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 13 | And er that 's and then of course and then of course in the other place where they used to do it , they used to just pull these ladders out and these there nets was all folded up and everything ready to do away abroad or anywhere you know . |
| 14 | He used to just sit there with a 12 string guitar and often used a tape recorder with backing tracks , and then put on a harmony live or used a stylophone . |
| 15 | She seemed distressed , ‘ I mean Balbinder , he used to just sit by the telly , even now he still … he wants toys … he does n't want to do the things , he wants to do all the time what he wants to do … ’ |
| 16 | I used to just sit and cry . |
| 17 | He was on the dole for a long time and he used to just eat mashed potato and things like that . ’ |
| 18 | I had friends there but I used to just start crying before I was due to go . ’ |
| 19 | Keith used to just give them all twenty pence , but lately it 's been more . |
| 20 | Oh well just talking and when anybody came here they used to just talk about about old stories and things like that . |
| 21 | Well , I used to just stay in my house all night and lock myself in my room and think . |
| 22 | Yeah we used to just put an old sack on and more or less bareback . |
| 23 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 24 | used to just keep topping that you know |
| 25 | And then my friends ' boyfriends , on an evening out , they used to just have a go at him , and I 'd feel really embarrassed . |
| 26 | Otherwise he used to just shoot it up , you see ? |
| 27 | Mine used to just shoot out ! |
| 28 | I used to just let him get away with it . |
| 29 | On the , on the , on the corner of the street under the lamppost , we 'd , a family named used to live on the corner of Street and Street I lived in that house , but they used to just congregate on the , on the street corners . |
| 30 | And of course then when she had done it they used to fold it up they used to just get it then and go like that you know , and just fold it up and then when it was done all done you see , they 'd take it back to this here lady and then of course they used to pay you for it . |