Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in Fagan the court held the accused to be guilty when he inadvertently parked his car on a policeman 's foot , realised what he had done , and refused to drive off . |
| 2 | She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship . |
| 3 | Of course , it would be different if he deliberately memorized the customers ' names or made a copy of them . |
| 4 | It would be different if you really did love him , but I do n't think you do … certainly not enough to make the kind of sacrifices that would be necessary if you did marry him . ’ |
| 5 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 6 | By this time I was sorely in need of a toilet , and it was her turn to be alarmed when she suddenly grasped the meaning of my frantic gestures . |
| 7 | Perhaps I should mention now I mean I I I 'm not fill in questionnaire 's but it would it would be helpful if you actually did erm fill in that before you actually leave this evening and leave it on the on the table on the way out if that 's possible I think that , that information which you put on them would be useful . |
| 8 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 9 | ‘ We agreed it would be simplest if you only had to say your party piece once — once more I mean ’ Agnes went on briskly . |
| 10 | And the costs would be prohibitive if we even tried . |
| 11 | I 'd be happy if I never had to set eyes on you again ! ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps the nation 's mood would be cheerier if we simply had someone else in charge of our existing institutions ? |