Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] [art] day " in BNC.
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1 | His poor , hard suffering wife used to work every day at the laundry to pay for his excesses . |
2 | Formerly I had an English couple who used to come every day , that lasted seven or eight years then they got too old . |
3 | They used to come a day or two beforehand , you see , so they could be settled down and then race . |
4 | Well it used to last a day if that , and I never used to cut any of it . |
5 | " And I just used to count the days till hers came . |
6 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
7 | Mm nan used to gargle every day , and Steve |
8 | We paid rent to be there and er and of course either Hugh or me or both of us came up to see my mother every day , you see , unless we knew she was going to have a visitor and then we used to take a day off |
9 | You ought to have a day off yourself . ’ |