Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Without a shirt the Frenchman 's body looked lean and hard , and she guessed he must be a man of her own age . |
2 | Jenna looked at him secretly and knew he would be no match for Alain Lemarchand at all . |
3 | The authorities feared he 'd be a drain on the health service . |
4 | In those days we thought he might be a ballet dancer ’ . |
5 | That 's why Lisabeth thought he might be a musician or maybe somebody giving you work or something . |
6 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
7 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing in that , at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted , rendering him unconscious , and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
8 | Sebastian thought he might be a journalist . |
9 | The evergreen heart-throb thought he should be an expert on the subject having been wed three times . |
10 | Once upon a time there was a man who thought he could be a dragon-master . |
11 | ‘ If we did he might be the murderer , ’ said Lydia . |
12 | They hoped he would be a natural . |
13 | I mean he he said he would be a doctor when |
14 | He said he would be a laughing-stock ; he had n't the legs for it . |
15 | ‘ When I said I was working with Michael Crawford , they said he would be a monster , eat me for breakfast , have me on toast and upstage me totally . |
16 | She was right when she said he could be a bastard , he really could . |
17 | I said he 'd be a star . |