Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what made me laugh was this police woman saying , it annoys me , if you have a drink you should n't drive , and I thought to myself and I bet |
| 2 | How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ? |
| 3 | How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears . |
| 4 | And why do you think was that ? |
| 5 | How could she have been such a fool ? |
| 6 | What do you mean is that it ? |
| 7 | What would you say were some of your happiest memories of your time spent with the County Council ? |
| 8 | The only horrible memory of the nineteen fifties that even today makes me wince was that teaspoonful of cod liver oil followed by the concentrated orange juice that was spooned on us before leaving for the school in the morning and off you went with your flask of tea and your sandwiches in your school bag . |
| 9 | Could they have been any worse , do you think ? ’ |
| 10 | Would he , in fact , have turned in earlier , or would it have been another near miss or accident in the making ? |
| 11 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
| 12 | How could he have been such a poor judge of character ? |