Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I think we ought to talk it over first . |
| 2 | You know you used to put it out all the time . . |
| 3 | We used to mark her up special on the calendar ; and we took care to make a right good job of her : we took an extra lot of trouble with her shoes so we could keep her away as long as we could . |
| 4 | We used to get a collar of rope , manilla rope , put it on to a truck and used to stretch it out first and then cut off the lengths . |
| 5 | is it , ah , they used to be su , according to everyone he was such a so and so , he er , he 's , he used to be barmy , he was like the clo , close barmy man and he used to like chase people around with bricks and stuff and everyone used to hate him and like Julian and Andy used to beat him up all the time |
| 6 | Then you used to chop them down this way with a cleaver . |
| 7 | No they was , used to cut it up smaller so as you could handle it . |