Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I think I ought to just come in there because , erm , I do n't know to what degree it 's appropriate to discuss erm , the er , some of the background details to the letting of contracts in public , but perhaps it 's alright . |
2 | And here I ought to perhaps make it clear that the circles I provided on the sheet which was distributed , allow for a density of twenty houses per hectare . |
3 | Perhaps I ought to formally reopen the inquest ; compel the police to reveal publicly how little they have achieved . ’ |
4 | I used to even give up my lunch hours so that I could come home and take the dog out ! |
5 | Oh , I used to fucking wait on him . |
6 | I had friends there but I used to just start crying before I was due to go . ’ |
7 | I used to just sit and cry . |
8 | 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 |
9 | Well , I used to just stay in my house all night and lock myself in my room and think . |
10 | All it needed was a bit of tumbleweed to make it seem more deserted than it really was and I used to just fight against that dissatisfaction . |
11 | ‘ I used to just swot up on learning the key words and churning them out computer fashion , but now I am more interested in what they mean . |
12 | I used to just let him get away with it . |
13 | And my instructions were that I I used to either let them have two thirds of that or a half , you see ? |
14 | Erm , that may or may not have been deliberate , but it 's very important , particularly within a group , erm of people in negotiation , who were clear about roles , and when I was out on the road , I used to occasionally take the out , and I 'd go and see my broker and erm , I 'd say , oh we love to do fish and chip shops , we love insuring fish and chip shops . |
15 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
16 | And I have n't had these dreams in a long time , and I used to never do anything like that . |
17 | I used to really go down there and all I did was sort of tick off what the lads had already done . |
18 | Yeah I did , I used to really hate them . |
19 | I used to always load anti sys but I , then I found out there 's nothing I ever I really needed it , so I took it out ! |
20 | Certainly with the roses I use them as a love symbol , I used to always use dead and dried roses but now I 've started to use live ones . |
21 | Well what I used to always say it was pretty steady all the year round . |
22 | But I used to quite enjoy the erm the , the shows , the s the song and dance routines , they were funny . |
23 | Be , I used to bloody give them not-out by the umpire . |
24 | Apparently like all numbers I used to only use B three and A one |
25 | ‘ But I used to actually paint myself black and wear an Afro wig ! |
26 | But I used to actually paint myself black and wear an Afro wig ! |
27 | 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 . |
28 | Of course he should , you ought to just ask him for say a hundred , you know to buy a couple of packs of nappies and some cream and changing mat , a changing bag , you 'll want all that wo n't you ? |
29 | 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 . |
30 | She used to regularly get tickets for Hancock 's Half Hour radio shows simply for the chance to see Ken at work — ‘ Men used to fight to escort me to the broadcasts . ’ |