Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] he [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He exuded sympathy and concern , urged Amiss to take as much time off as he felt necessary , assured him he would be given sick pay and that his job would be secure , and only after a long argument agreed very reluctantly that he could come back on duty the following day . |
| 2 | When he told him he would be arrested for being drunk , Sweeney butted him in his left eye and brought his knee up to his groin . |
| 3 | Chased them , got one , took him in , and told him he would be summonsed for playing football in the street . |
| 4 | After hearing the boy 's story of how he had been ‘ neglected and abused ’ by his mother Rachel , judge Thomas Kirk told him he could be adopted by his foster parents George and Lizabeth Russ . |
| 5 | I told her he should be made to pay for what he 's done to her , for using her , for leading her on … . ’ |
| 6 | After ten years , Lord Hinton of Bankside , chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board , informed him he would be trained as an economist . |
| 7 | His father said if he married her he would be cut oot , cut off withoot a penny . ’ |