Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never thought it would work , but I felt we ought to give it a try . ’ |
| 2 | They should be doing that work , if they 're asking us to design a remit , price it and then they 're using that remit to get prices from other people , er I would suggest that , that we perhaps ought to have words with our clients on that basis a and say we 're quite happy to tender in competition but erm i you ought to give it a little bit of thought before you actually put the thing . |
| 3 | ‘ I think you ought to give it a try . |
| 4 | But there 's a lot of adulterated cockney in the home counties , I used to hear it a lot in Hertfordshire . |
| 5 | Wicker , wickerwork basket the one had got a top on and er the big one which I had a hundred and forty loaves , I did n't have a top on but you had a waterproof sheet that you put over the top of that , but er the small ones had a lid on was hinged , hinged lid you could fold it backwards , as far as you could empty it and er what they used to do coming down Road you used to give it a good push and then jump on the back and freewheel down past what is now Lane er is that convenience still on , in those days the was a gents toilet , a public convenience where you went down steps , you were actually apart from the urinals there was toilets as well there . |
| 6 | Batty used to do it a bit , but is more of a solid player and these days tends to calm things down . |
| 7 | Then he 'd have a , then when he 'd done that he 'd have a erm , oh I think they used to call it a a wax ball , er to rub round the end of the sole and have a an iron that he would rub this wax into the seam between your your your shoe itself and the leather to seal that off and make it waterproof . |
| 8 | well , they used to call it a dadely |
| 9 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 10 | I used to think it a big giggle . |
| 11 | And she also used to say it a lot when my sister Natalie was very little , which is what I 'm going to tell you about now . |