Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [conj] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both instances the general test should be whether there was some reasonable or sufficient evidence to justify the action . |
| 2 | ‘ No reason why you should be because she was . ’ |
| 3 | His body was not as solid and stable as it should be and he was frequently off-line by a few degrees . |
| 4 | The suspicion must be that it was a combination of excessive speed and the failure of the driver or guard to apply the brakes early enough that caused the accident . |
| 5 | Yes , it must be that she was actually an awful person . |
| 6 | The brief answer might be that it was an unintended consequence of a largely implicit and undebated policy decision . |
| 7 | It might be that it was the incessant closeness to blood , death and suffering that brought out these sentiments in men who had , on the whole , been raised in an education system that rejected such responses as feminine and unmasculine , and that promoted an abstract conception of justice and a stern morality of obedience to rules . |
| 8 | It might be that it was just a little bit open and they think that somebody 's tampered with it so then they , they open |
| 9 | A partial answer might be that he was confident at the time that Argentina would be the first country to exploit atomic energy for industrial purposes . |
| 10 | It might be that he was speaking the truth , but before she could answer footsteps sounded along the passage , and they both faced the door as his mother came reluctantly in . |
| 11 | I thought it might be that there was a , we were n't covered for the liability to pick people |
| 12 | Well it might be as it is , might be as it was , you know , who , who knows ? |
| 13 | The implication of the evidence as a whole could be that it was only in the reign of Ecgfrith that Northumbrian overlordship embraced the Strathclyde Britons and the Scots . |
| 14 | I wondered how it could be that I was going to marry Syl . |
| 15 | Fenella emerged from her corner only after the footsteps had died away and she was as sure as she could be that there was no danger of the Robemaker returning . |
| 16 | Alejandro was so staggered by Fantasma 's progress that he decided to waive his prejudice against greys ; not so much that he was prepared to get on her back , but he spent a considerable time wondering how he could flog Fantasma to a rich patron without them finding out how vicious and unmanageable the mare could be when she was away from Luke . |
| 17 | She already knew how very bull-headed he could be when he was going after something he wanted . |
| 18 | But er yes it was it could be and there was a blow hole there as well . |
| 19 | The head said ‘ Yes , he does have difficulty remembering — particularly sounding ’ , and felt that this could be because he was perhaps more fluent in Punjabi . |
| 20 | But if most of the dust does indeed predate the rocks then its fairly uniform composition and age across the Moon could be because it was originally distributed uniformly from space . |
| 21 | It may be that it was their actions that tipped the balance for Rank , and decided him against pushing on with his ambitions . |
| 22 | One reason for this may be that it was overtaken — and , perhaps , undermined — by political developments . |
| 23 | It may be that it was the removal of Oswine which enabled Oswiu and Penda to treat on these equal terms . |
| 24 | Among the West Saxons it may be that it was Aethelbald 's support which enabled Aethelheard to defeat the aetheling , Oswald , and that this established both Aethelheard and his brother , Cuthred , who subsequently succeeded Aethelheard in 739 , as Aethelbald 's dependants or at least obliged them to make territorial concessions . |
| 25 | It may be that it was because he was so secure in East Anglia that Offa was subsequently able to involve himself so much more forcefully in the south-east . |
| 26 | The answer may be that it was the later decision . ) |
| 27 | It may be that there was a small military station to guard a river crossing , either a bridge or a ford , in the Tiviot Dale area . |
| 28 | Henry Calverley won the arrow at the first meeting at Scorton , but it was not held there again until 1754 , so it may be that he was keeping this promise . |
| 29 | It may be that he was influenced in his thinking yet again by the British , whose officer class cultivated the honourable wound , and whose subalterns had lately contributed in altogether disproportionate numbers to the casualties suffered by the British army in France . |
| 30 | It may be that he was one of the many unlearned priests forced to absent themselves for the sake of their own education , but his going to Chester seems to suggest rather that he was both able and ambitious in the new province . |