Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb mod] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember how ‘ Monsewer ’ Eddie Gray used to do a sketch about diving into a letterbox , while one of the funniest people was a taxi driver I knew who used to put a mask on and squirt people with a water pistol . |
| 2 | But the spirited kid who used to wear a badge proclaiming Born To Raise Hell was also in trouble with his teachers more often than not . |
| 3 | Barbel fishing in the early days , and I am talking to more than a hundred years ago , was very popular amongst the gentry , who used to employ a man to bait a swim with thousands of lobworms over a period of days , sometimes weeks . |
| 4 | But originally I can remember that View in the days of the , when it was a poorhouse , and I visited with my mother who used to visit a woman up there . |
| 5 | A force which holds one powerfully back from such opinions is however Sam Gamgee , who counterpoints the most solemn moments of crossing with banalities like ‘ Live and learn ! ’ and chatter about his uncle Andy ( who used to have a rope-walk at Tighfield ) . |
| 6 | Richman , who used to run a shop called Europlants at Hinders Yard in Swindon , is now in custody while he awaits sentencing . |
| 7 | When Joe visits London , it is a failure because Pip is embarrassed by Joe 's manners and begins to think of him as common , he then begins to neglect his background and the people who used to mean a lot to him . |