Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] him [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She used to write him letters , you see , and he never opened them . |
| 2 | ‘ We used to give him sweets on a Sunday . |
| 3 | I we had a under-manager come , he come from somewhere down Staffordshire way and y you you 've talked about Tweedledum and Tweedledee , they used to call him Biffy he was just like like one of them . |
| 4 | We used to call him Jehovah Johnny . ’ |
| 5 | Why did they used to call him Sir ? |
| 6 | She used to go out er about eight o'clock in the morning , Tuesday mornings , not Wednesday , cos we had a boy then , we used to call him Frank . |
| 7 | Well Tony , was who manager at the associated now , er he was very a very popular player , he was a goal scorer on one occasion , they played an away match at Swindon and he scored a goal and the goalkeeper got sent off a John so Tony went in goal and he saved a penalty later in the match , but he was a very popular player he was a a good goal scorer then there was Colin he , he had one of the hardest shots in the league you know , I 've , I 've seen the goalkeeper shrug his shoulders at , at defenders and say well how do you stop those , they used to call him Cannonball at one time , and er there was Tommy he had his collarbone broken and he never played again after , but he was a great centre forward he used to make a lot of space for the other forwards you know . |
| 8 | He used to call him Sir Roger ’ |
| 9 | The only people what did have a motor in that , at that particular time was the harbourmaster of Pinn Mill cos they always used to call er er er one bloke down there who used to moor the ships up at Bottoman 's Bay and er th th th he used to get a retainer from the Ipswich Dock Commission and all he w all he had to do was make sure that was clear of , for shipping , if there was a yacht in the way he 'd go and tell them to move and he was what the we used to call him Pinn Mill Harbourmaster . |
| 10 | We used to call him Daddy Wilkins because he was the father of a large family , but they had all grown up , got married and spread about , so he was left on his own — probably not able to cook for himself which is why he went to live at Mrs Raw 's place . |
| 11 | I used to call him Pear , and one day I had this tattoo done . |
| 12 | Then the old old binder used to come in with two two year old stalwarts , horses , and he used to go round this field and it used to take him days . |
| 13 | On those walks , when Stephen was much younger , his father used to tell him stories about a family of moles he 'd invented , elaborate adventures that went on for miles . |
| 14 | Said his cart ought to get him home earlier |