Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 If she did not see fit to prevent their actions , it must be because they served her purposes .
2 Professional DEC watcher , Terry Shannon , claims the firm is fretting that its Alpha launch on November 10 wo n't be as impressive as it might be because it missed its goal of getting a thousand third-party software packages .
3 If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend .
4 Had it been a professional job all that would matter from your point of view would be that you followed their instructions and moved at their pace with my help .
5 Walking to the door , Sabine wondered detachedly what the reaction would be if she voiced her unspoken thought aloud , but decided not to risk it .
6 The critical stage would be when he lowered his undercarriage .
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