Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the start of the pitch I 'd been worried I could n't do it ; by the belay I was wondering why I 'd rested so often . |
| 2 | If I had been sober I would never have bloody claimed it ! |
| 3 | If he had been absent I would have looked upon it as something of a hollow victory . |
| 4 | If it had been necessary I would have unhesitatingly given leave for an amendment to be made . |
| 5 | If he had been loyal I should never even have mentioned these playroom plots and tantrums of yours . |
| 6 | I wondered , with amusement , whether he had been afraid I might mind , might feel he was — what was the old-fashioned word ? — compromising me . |
| 7 | If I had been brave I would have hit him . |
| 8 | If I had been sensible I should have hung up there and then . |
| 9 | So far anyway they 've been excellent I must say . |