Example sentences of "[vb mod] that it [be] " in BNC.

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1 It is called benefit and and the well being of those kids about there , that we 're educating them at our own school , that they can have jobs and work , and if this is going , my fear is , okay we can live within this , s as you say , it may that it 's just bad settlement for one year .
2 Would that it were .
3 Would that it were .
4 The ski resort as such is not down in the valley at all , would that it were ; rather , it is perched to devastatingly conspicuous effect on the side of a mountain to the west , up to which you can go either by car along a new road or by cable-car from the centre of Saint-Lary .
5 ’ And then , reaching out to touch his arm , ‘ I would that it were otherwise , Fergus . ’
6 ‘ I would that it were possible , ’ he said .
7 Would that it were so .
8 Would that it were as easy as sticking your hand up to vote for it Because I have to say that I see no evidence since that motion approving the management initiative was passed of Labour and Liberal members doing any more than paying lip service .
9 Would that 't were mine , the hand that separated the tyrant 's head from the residue of his perfidious corse ! ’
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