Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ventured to suggest that there was nothing in the manner in which they had brought the concern into its active and productive state of working , which ought to subject them to such new and vexatious problems . |
| 2 | Defending barrister Thomas Teague told Mr Jones yesterday : ‘ You used to steal things from your foster parents and you used to give them to other children at school . |
| 3 | We used to deliver them to various different places where they were rented out . |
| 4 | ‘ I know you used to drag me to native cafes , ’ said my mother . |
| 5 | And a chain there and we used to tie her to this chain so that she could get into the box and out again , and then we used to put the cubs there first in the straw and then we used to put her there do you see . |