Example sentences of "that [subord] someone [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of price , Hamer challenge Gibson 's own reissues amongst other quality guitars , and I 'm sure that if someone were to go shopping for an instrument with a classic tone , but prepared to keep an open mind and buy with their ears , then they may well end up going home with a Hamer . |
| 2 | I also said that if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 3 | The conversation is about how to respond to an invitation to " step outside " at a party : the gist of B's turn is that if someone were to ask her to go outside for " fresh air " at a party , she would not want to go outside for fresh air , and would not go . |
| 4 | I think today that if someone was designing a house one would incorporate all the modern additions which have suddenly become fashionable such as double porches , doubleglazing and er patio windows , I think that these things are perhaps a development from , in the same way as this house is a development from the rooms and the flats we lived in in London so that the modern conceptions of the things I 've mentioned could be incorporated as normal in the house certainly would be cheaper to incorporate them when building the house than adding them on . |
| 5 | At home people rallied round automatically ; it was taken for granted that if someone was in trouble then it was everyone else 's business to help . |