Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have thought it was at the bottom |
| 2 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
| 3 | He must have known we were in the doorway . |
| 4 | ‘ You must have known you were in it . ’ |
| 5 | He concludes : ‘ So although at first it is also natural for civilized people to condemn out of hand what I had just witnessed as disgraceful heathen bestiality , they , too , if they were honest might come to feel it was at least partly redeemed by the genuine religious conviction on which it is based . ’ |
| 6 | That the kakar had seen the tigress was quite evident , and the only place where she could have seen her was on the track . |
| 7 | The Doctor looked away from Bernice for a moment , and she could have sworn it was with genuine remorse . |
| 8 | ‘ If you and Daphne had been young today , ’ Tina said , ‘ I suppose you 'd have realized you were in love with each other and just lived together . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’ |
| 10 | To be fair to John he may have thought he was on an already completed route , but the absence of the first bolt , a well established sign of a ‘ projet ’ , should have been respected . |
| 11 | I would have said they were in their forties . |
| 12 | ‘ At one point during dinner , Stevens , I would have sworn you were at least three people , ’ she said and laughed . |
| 13 | If men naturally enjoy mathematical stimuli more than social stimuli then I would have thought they were at least equally well equipped to deal with the socially isolating position of working at home — and possibly better equipped to deal with everyday geometrical shapes such as vegetables , kitchen sinks and washing machines . |
| 14 | prove that this technology was n't so great as one would have thought it was without the ground troops . |
| 15 | You would have thought I was under arrest . ’ |
| 16 | Agnes moved closer to her sister and cried at her , ‘ And who would have thought you were outside consorting with one of the Feltons , eh ? |