Example sentences of "it were [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |
| 2 | So , if I pass my er printed overheads for this one an allowance er , is , and you were talking about it really , you were using this as though it were going to be er , your money that you 'd got to spend for doing each one of those activities or each bit of work within the , the project . |
| 3 | All these transactions were secret , for there would be little use in keeping a paper alive if it were known to be owned by a political party . |
| 4 | If it were thought to be worth estimating then a design involving more blocks and partial confounding would have to be used . |
| 5 | Kenya 's tranquillity could vanish if it were shown to be involved : the killing prompted the first of last year 's riots . |