Example sentences of "to [pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they go up to I ought to remember that again . |
| 2 | I ought to I ought to 've been the bloody brainiest in country me |
| 3 | Oh no , I used to I used to go home occasionally like you know . |
| 4 | I thought I used to I used to say to her sometimes I 'll have to go off story . |
| 5 | I used to I used to love being by the counter . |
| 6 | But er then of course I got married and I never went to I used to do occasional stuff you know , but I never enjoyed it er |
| 7 | Oh yes I used to I used to play a lot when I left the the the these places you know . |
| 8 | I used to I used to pay fifteen quid for the years ago to rent the set |
| 9 | Once upon a time when I used to read , or hear , about all the exciting even exotic things that apparently all other retired people got up to I used to think ‘ That 's for me ! |
| 10 | Go there sometimes about four o'clock give them a feed out and then we used to I used to stay there in a small shelter there . |
| 11 | when it was when I had that little Renault Five because erm , she used to she used to get under the bonnet did n't she ? |
| 12 | You ought to you ought to say to him , I shall ring the police , you come round here any more ! |
| 13 | So I er we used to catch these blackbirds and them in a and pull the string and they used er try and catch them and we used to we used to kill them and and pluck them |
| 14 | And er birds we used to we used to we used to father used to caught pheasants occasionally . |
| 15 | Yeah yes the we went to we used to go down there for a day to Skeggie . |
| 16 | W oh we used to we used to go out gather firewood and we used |
| 17 | well the horse shoes you see , we used to we used to weld one and a half old horse shoes together in the fire to make one new one again . |
| 18 | It 's a bit like a boxer dog because Derek 's sis sister had a boxer dog and he used to we used to walk along country lanes and then he 'd pi , he used to see something he used to go straight through the hedge ! |
| 19 | You know scatter run and tic one another you know , and and then you used to we used to play er diabolo what you used to call them have you ever seen them . |
| 20 | The fox we used to we used to dig down there and come to the vixen . |
| 21 | And how they used to They used to put them on like a You know what these two-wheeled barrows like they put the sacks on , do n't you ? |
| 22 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
| 23 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 24 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |
| 25 | And what he used to do in this , he had a string in the and er he could the string put some some er crumbs in the in the er in a and the birds go in and he used to he used to catch them and we used to kill them and pluck them you know . |
| 26 | We are all agreed as to what ought to happen , but we have to be realistic and question how it can be made to happen . |