Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There as you probably know are various groups who feel that they , ought to erm , they ought to take a stand because they felt that Port Meadow actually the character of Port Meadow was changing and ultimately the Council I think agreed with them , that something should be done and this was the action that was taken . |
| 2 | And what sort of price are we talking about when people say they ought to have a computer ? |
| 3 | And er they used to get them to take these pills they said and they used to drink a bottle of gin , keep drinking gin . |
| 4 | They used to drink a lot of beer in groups which I did n't like myself . |
| 5 | ‘ They used to take an interest in the way they made corn-stacks in the old days . |
| 6 | I mean they were on farms all round here and erm people used to , they used to do a lot of toys . |
| 7 | They used to do a lot of these er mosquito nets . |
| 8 | Ooh well they used to well they did n't used to sing a lot of songs but er they used to do a lot of you know playing about and perhaps and then they 'd perhaps have a ball . |
| 9 | You know how they used to do a lot of weaving , they do n't do so much now . |
| 10 | They used to wear a lot of the collars with a , with a wing on the hard collar , you know , they used to wear a hard collar then . |
| 11 | Well in the war five pounds a week was extraordinary money , cos they used to say a fella had got a good job if he was getting five pounds a week in those days , so that when I started work first I , I was getting fifteen shillings a week , so you can understand that seventy five pence today , at fourteen . |
| 12 | Cut it up in the rump and the topside , silverside and erm and take the shin off and the loin of beef , you see , and your flank and you 'd take your suet out , you see , cos they used to sell a lot of suet in them days . |
| 13 | Oh yeah , and his dog , yeah likes it as well yeah , they used to leave a tray out for him every night , yeah when it was closing time the dog knew every time it closed , it wo , I mean if they closed at lunchtime it would n't come down it would only come down when they closed up at night . |
| 14 | They used to sound a hell of a lot like The Chameleons . |
| 15 | They used to publish a magazine called BMG — banjo , mandolin and guitar — which was rooted in old , acoustic instruments and older players , bluegrass players , really fascinating stuff . |
| 16 | To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack . |
| 17 | But , a another one they used to call a fatty I can remember that even now . |
| 18 | And they used to call a meeting and this horse breeding society would have called a meeting you know the ones that looked after choosing the horse they were gon na select for this certain season you see . |
| 19 | A common user was er , just an open truck with two doors one each side and they used to put a tarpaulin over the top . |
| 20 | The Cat House well that 's at , the Cat House , that 's wher that 's where the house used to be , where in er time erm , that 's where they used to put a cat in the window for the smokers . |
| 21 | Was there ever a custom mentioned to you whereby they used to put a cairn down ? |
| 22 | The , they used to put a conductor on for peak time and then about nine o'clock the rear door was closed and the driver took over issuing tickets , taking money and then perhaps the conductor would come on from about twelve or two and then again , perhaps from half past four till half past six . |
| 23 | Now they restrict cattle to the 14-hectare hillside plot which they 've had since 1979 — and from which they used to scrape a living of maize and beans before they invaded the valley-bottom land at La Colorada . |
| 24 | They used to share a bottle of wine , Don reflected . |
| 25 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 26 | If I go to my baker I 'll er , I 'll fetch one back and I 'll show ya , they , they used to grow a lot during war to make jam on to subsidize folk to make jam and stuff like that you know |
| 27 | For instance , they used to play a kind of game ( about twice a week , or rather more often if Odilo put his foot down ) , where she must lie still and show no sign of life , throughout . |
| 28 | Aye and mind the lasses they used to play a lot with instead of marbles they were working with . |
| 29 | They used to walk the twelve miles Stowmarket to Ipswich , they used to go to the police station after five o'clock , and they used to get a ticket , which they used to take up to the casual ward . |
| 30 | And they used to dig a hole and bury it . |