Example sentences of "he [vb past] it [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he realised it could be difficult for busy bar staff to tell the age of a mature girl who looked over 18 . |
| 2 | He ruled it would be inconsistent to consider the arson charge . |
| 3 | But Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said today he thought the Tory leadership would win , though he admitted it would be close . |
| 4 | He believed it would be advantageous . |
| 5 | In 1931 Welford Beaton was greatly impressed with Fox-Movietone 's Quick Millions and he guessed it would be big box-office not because it was a gangster picture but because it was ‘ a good motion picture ’ and what was particularly good about it was the acting . |
| 6 | Gentle took off his heavy coat , and laid it on the chair by the door , knowing when he returned it would be warm and covered with cat hairs . |
| 7 | The fifteen-year-old boy leapt from his bed with escape in mind , but he decided it would be unfair to leave his eleven-year-old brother to face what was to come alone , so he got back into bed and waited for the social workers to come upstairs . |
| 8 | On reflection , though , he decided it would be unfair to leave his younger brother to face this alone , and he waited till they came for him . |
| 9 | He thought it might be useful later . ’ |
| 10 | In addition to this , he thought it might be possible to work with a sympathetic artist in a good studio , and perhaps take lessons at an academy . |
| 11 | He thought it might be good . |
| 12 | However , Reichel himself claimed that he did not know the true reason for his dismissal , saying that he thought it might be due to disagreements over scientific policy . |
| 13 | Living souls , ’ said Caspar rather hurriedly , as if he thought it might be dangerous to say things like this aloud . |
| 14 | One boy said he could not help using Creole even though he thought it might be bad for him : MS Do you agree with your mother that speaking Patois can hold you back ? |
| 15 | Garbett said that he thought it would be right to go to London , for the sake of the Church ; that he longed for him to come to York , for the sake of himself , he wanted Ramsey as his successor . |
| 16 | When his son was born he thought it would be nice , a nice gesture , to name him after Hilbert . |
| 17 | He went into the scheme because he thought it would be fun . |
| 18 | But he knew I was coming to Slane , and , I suppose , because he knew you , knew you came from Slane , he thought it would be amusing to force us to meet … ’ |
| 19 | But he knew it would be useless to press his mother too hard for any major decision . |
| 20 | He knew it would be useless to try and hinder this , she would be fidgety and fretful if there were dirty clothes about . |
| 21 | IT DID NOT hurt , so he knew it must be serious . |
| 22 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
| 23 | Judge John Petrie said although the offence was very serious he felt it would be unjust to jail McAteer again as he had already served a sentence in connection with this ongoing dispute . |
| 24 | Whatever he did it would be dangerous , and she felt her heart hammering wildly as he gathered the reins and continued with the soothing words . |
| 25 | He said it would be traumatic for them to be flown home to Orkney for the Proof Hearing , only to be flown away again afterwards . |
| 26 | He said it would be useful for the Jessi partners to consider his company 's participation . |
| 27 | However , I trusted Jean-Claude when he said it would be lovely to have the Epstein bust of a child and the little Vuillard etching , two of Mother 's most precious belongings . |
| 28 | He said it would be hard for a time . ’ |
| 29 | … He said it might be fascinating . |
| 30 | My father would not touch the stuff , he said it might be poisonous . |