Example sentences of "was [v-ing] [that] [pron] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuart Goldie , business manager at the Botanic Centre said it was fitting that it would be opening in May , as Middlesbrough started its year as Environment City . |
| 2 | And now he was insinuating that she would be extending her stay long enough for a tour of the whole country ! |
| 3 | P.B. Chris was saying that she should be in on the interviewing . |
| 4 | It has been thought that Freud was assuming that there can be inheritance of acquired characteristics , an idea shown to be fallacious in modern biology . |
| 5 | Clinton was predicting that he would be making his victory speech just a couple of hours after the majority of booths closed . |
| 6 | So er to get to your question erm I 've sort of not been doing anything erm I was hoping that I would be sort of fully fit round about now and then if I saw something on teletext er that was good I 'd just buzz off for a week or so . |
| 7 | So I was hoping that there 'd be a record showing one way or the other but if |