Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] he [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to think he was so big — and now he 's sort of shrunk in on himself . |
| 2 | no , no badly but like I just used to think he was so much more chatty than , we just used to sit there and go alright we 'd get off with each other then we 'd break like , you know like try , you 'd , like the conversation |
| 3 | Everyone used to say he was . |
| 4 | Every time we used to fight from then on , I used to pretend I was Johnson and the other kid used to say he was Sullivan or somebody . ’ |
| 5 | A guy who used to take me to watch Oxford , but apart from that I respected his football knowledge , used to say he was Leeds weak link , but I do n't remember too many details . |
| 6 | no me dad used to say he was an atheist when he was courting Madge |
| 7 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |