Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ How would it be if I returned your gift so that you can give it at the door ? ’ |
3 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The critical stage would be when he lowered his undercarriage . |