Example sentences of "never [modal v] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never used to say that , I used to keep my mouth shut and say put a cross against his name , see not to be trusted see the , you 've got ta do it yourself see . |
| 2 | If you get the soap on off your face , I never used to say that |
| 3 | Oh they used to be ever so funny houses you know and in them days and The er you never used to see in the oh a lot of houses and you never used to see big windows like these . |
| 4 | Anyway , David used to travel in Ralph 's Mark 10 Jag to any gigs and never used to put any of the gear away when we 'd done our work , whereas before he used to . |
| 5 | Well , she just decided to give it u to give it up , she never used to take much anyway . |
| 6 | ‘ I never used to wear any pants . |
| 7 | We never used to do that sort of thing in the Store ! |
| 8 | They always seemed to want to go and look or what they have n't but I never used to do that . |
| 9 | We never used to do that years ago . |
| 10 | ‘ We never used to do this when I was a girl , ’ said Mrs Harper . |
| 11 | Well it used to last a day if that , and I never used to cut any of it . |
| 12 | Yeah cos I never used to know that |
| 13 | I never used to get that though . |
| 14 | I said well I never used to get any anyway , and I said I used earn less than you ! |
| 15 | but , she never used to have short hair did she ? |
| 16 | When talking about grief a frequent comment is , ‘ We never used to have this sort of fuss made in the good old days : we just had to get on with it ! ’ |
| 17 | I never used to have any trouble getting the bean vines to cling to the old , 8 or 9ft beanpoles . |