Example sentences of "[vb past] i [vb mod] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 've thought of me at all since we last met I 'd be very surprised . ’ |
| 2 | I promised I 'd be back to say goodbye . |
| 3 | He told her : ‘ I dare n't be otherwise — because if I were ever in a compromising situation , if the police raided or if someone kissed and told I 'd be up the creek . ’ |
| 4 | Thinking wrily of Inspector Drew 's pointed remarks about Lord Peter Wimsey , I reckoned I 'd be better off with someone like Philip Marlowe to help me . |
| 5 | The double LP , which was released yesterday , contains 22 songs including her very first hit I Should Be So Lucky , and such great tracks as Hand On Your Heart , Tears On My Pillow and Word Is Out . |
| 6 | And you bucked and wrenched back until sometimes I felt I would be literally thrown off … |
| 7 | I felt I would be excessively de trop . |
| 8 | ‘ I never dreamed I would be here when I was lying in bed getting the chemotherapy with a five to ten per cent chance of survival . |
| 9 | I knew I would be either be a hero or a villain . |
| 10 | I knew I would be all right . |
| 11 | But there 's still the question of how they knew I would be there at the pay-off . |
| 12 | But I thought I would wait until I heard you arrive , and then I knew I should be all right . ’ |
| 13 | She said : ‘ You knew I 'd be there . |
| 14 | She thought I might be too old . |
| 15 | He says he was ‘ hesitant ’ about joining the ASB — ‘ I thought I might be too much of an amateur ’ — but clearly enjoys the meetings . |
| 16 | Thought I might be in for beri-beri and co . |
| 17 | She thought I would be spiritually dead until I did . |
| 18 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 19 | ‘ That one probably will , ’ said Rachel with a laugh , then , seeing Nina 's expression , she explained , ‘ I had a message to say our new MO 's arrived ; I thought I should be here . ’ |
| 20 | I mean I thought I 'd be absolutely frightened out of my mind but erm no . |
| 21 | Erm and and that 's why I thought I 'd be more familiar with it . |
| 22 | and I thought I can be here until I 'm ninety , you know , |
| 23 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
| 24 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 25 | She then quietly gave me a list of the services there and said I would be most welcome to come to them , or talk to her if I felt I could . |
| 26 | I said I would be very happy to be out there . |
| 27 | Yeah , one night 's OK — that 's how long I said I 'd be away . |
| 28 | No I have n't got anything , I said I 'd be down . |
| 29 | ‘ I think I said I 'd be back this evening some time . |
| 30 | And I said I 'd be back for around one cos I was n't actually planning on doing much |