Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] they [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he first set foot in Adam 's Creek he used to think they were snakes or lizards , some kind of reptile anyway . |
| 2 | These orange ti we , we used to think they were lovely . |
| 3 | I remember I used to think they were so grown up . |
| 4 | Grandma used to say they were like chalk and cheese , and that they should have been shaken up together in a bag to get more of a mixture . |
| 5 | And , and lamb , th we always used to say they were greyhounds . |
| 6 | Like a same shape as a ladder I used to say they was . |