Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he were " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is human and so is she and all the marriage certificates in the world would not keep him faithful if he were tempted in those circumstances . ’ |
| 2 | it 'll be different if he were here I mean they could , he 'd take her all over would n't he and every weekend he 'd take her |
| 3 | Mr. Burke urged that the position of a visitor would be anomalous if he were immune from review on the grounds of error of law . |
| 4 | Indeed a hedonist would be unnecessarily cautious if he were content to defend his grounds of choice as no better nor worse than those of other ethical schools . |
| 5 | No that 's right cos he were born in er |
| 6 | David Frost put it to the right hon. and learned Gentleman no less than three times that it would be an unfair burden on many people who are not rich if he were to carry out immediately his proposed taxation arrangements to pay for Beckett 's law — the abolition of the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions and the 50 per cent . |
| 7 | It would be much simpler if he were simply talking about the relationship between the legislative and the executive cos here he could say right , if the executive gets out of hand and starts acting arbitrarily and tyrannically , then the legislative acting on behalf of the people as a whole can take action as indeed parliament did during the civil wars . |
| 8 | The details would be out soon enough and it would look odd if he were too reticent , odd and suspicious . |
| 9 | While the view which I earlier called crude materialism is not compatible with Althusser 's general position , it would be remarkable if he were to relegate the economic aspects of society to exactly the same status as everything else . |
| 10 | He went over and banged on the panel so hard that his knuckles hurt — even so , he knew that he 'd be lucky if he were heard . |
| 11 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 12 | Graveney thinks that this figure could be easily be nearer 80 if he were to change his stance . |
| 13 | He doubted if the authorities represented by Merymose and Kenamun would pay him as much as Reni or Ipuky would have ; and he doubted if he would receive any reward at all if he were unsuccessful . |
| 14 | He knew that he was not going to be happy if he were deprived of the chance to study . |
| 15 | Her arm was draped elegantly across his shoulders , and she was looking at him with eyes like headlights , as though she were starving and he were a cream cake . |
| 16 | She listened to the rhythm of his breathing , unsure if he were awake or asleep . |
| 17 | It would be dreadful if he were to die , for example . |
| 18 | Suppose he 's had good training for that while he were playing . |
| 19 | He is funny and would be funnier if he were less affected . ’ |
| 20 | In the last resort his conduct is in accord with ‘ Be aware ’ , because he would be acting the same if he were capable of full awareness both of the goal of saving life and of the temporary anguish he is inflicting , but being merely human he would lose sight of the goal if he let his mind dwell on the pain . |
| 21 | Doc Allsop 's professional grin , broad and crumpled as a crushed melon , was much the same whether he were offering congratulations or consolations . |
| 22 | Such control was obviously necessary if he were to develop within himself the capacity to enjoy the vastly increased range of pleasures that could be derived from his expanding emotions . |
| 23 | A crook and a bastard Short might be , but it would be surprising if he were that good an actor . |
| 24 | Deep gashes of black under the eyes , skin the colour of ashes , a slight wobbliness to his movements , His speech is fastidious , precise in a way that would seem pompous if he were at all ebullient ; but with his small , gave voice — sometimes withering , always withered — the impression is of a wary distrust of words and the ways they can be misconstrued . |