Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed there would n't be time to do any prying even if she had the money to go to Chertsey , which she did n't . |
| 2 | The good news for Prince Charles is 70pc believed he could still be king , despite his separation from Princess Diana , but the bad news was only 45pc thought he would be a good one . |
| 3 | Boy could see the scuff marks around the doorhandle where other men ( Boy knew it could n't be people , he just knew it was men ) had opened and closed it . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew it could not be Wednesday , it is Faith Lavender who comes on Wednesdays . |
| 5 | Of course we were n't about to ask , what on earth has happened to you , since we knew it could only be O who had done this to him . |
| 6 | Student : ‘ I thought it would just be kid 's stuff … |
| 7 | Mr John Godfrey of Eden Bus Services said there would still be traffic queues , but motorists would find they would move quicker than at present . |
| 8 | You know to them he said it would n't be matter if there was nothing . |
| 9 | Well I said it 'll soon be Christmas she said yes not quite four weeks she said . |
| 10 | Er , would be ready for this Wednesday , but I said it 'll probably be Saturday that we pick it up . |
| 11 | ‘ She said it could n't be Rebel that had killed the lamb . |
| 12 | With a lack of concern for place which was worthy of his father , he said he would rather be Minister of Health . |
| 13 | She put it on the kitchen table now but suspected it would still be lumps of ice when they came to eat it . |
| 14 | If I had to choose one set it would either be Rogé or this EMI issue . |