Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was just My mother used to see me across the road with my shilling to pay for my pinny . |
| 2 | One used to slap me on the back and say ‘ Get out there , son , and do it ’ , another would pluck at my sleeve and murmur , ‘ Do n't forget the one-liners … . ’ |
| 3 | And er he er he used I used Mother used to send me with the tea to the to the church to the churchyard to father . |
| 4 | ‘ Jack used to call me into the office , ask me to sign three letters and then order me back out onto the training pitch because he knew that was my second home . ’ |
| 5 | you used to wake me in the middle of the night when we were first married |
| 6 | My old mum used to take me to the fair there . |
| 7 | I knew her as a girl because my own parents being much occupied , my nurse used to take me to the north to her brother 's farm for holidays . |
| 8 | She used to take me to the local baths in Penzance sometimes , because my grandmother insisted I had to learn to swim , even if I would n't go into the sea . |
| 9 | My dad used to take me to the baths every Tuesday night . |
| 10 | Mother used to take me to the lawyers in in Newarks . |
| 11 | He also used to take me into the insect house , where he kept mosquitoes infected with tropical diseases . |
| 12 | He used to tell me about the odd trip to Eastern Europe on business . |
| 13 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |
| 14 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade , who have done all they can to help me over the years since the fire , and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union for underwriting the risks of my legal claim . ’ |