Example sentences of "they [vb past] he [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared . |
| 2 | Now that they knew he would be leaving , the literary confraternity had already started to turn their backs on him , and had begun to scan the possible replacements in the current British intellectual mafia . |
| 3 | Of course as soon as the fight was over everyone said they knew he would be victorious . |
| 4 | They knew he would be at the Excelsior . ’ |
| 5 | Because both Rogers and Thomas had seen Share My Lettuce they knew he would be good for the part of the supercilious National Serviceman . |
| 6 | They thought he could be used at some time in the future even better internationally than locally . |
| 7 | If Vanilla Ice spouted the same sort of shit they did he 'd be pilloried . |
| 8 | ‘ When I said I was working with Michael Crawford , they said he would be a monster , eat me for breakfast , have me on toast and upstage me totally . |
| 9 | They hoped he would be a natural . |
| 10 | He attempted to plead insanity , but did it so effectively that they concluded he must be sane . |