Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] were " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | What she should be were it not for the constant muscular spasming and the recurrent confusion of her senses . |
2 | What disturbances there had been or might be were or would be caused entirely by ‘ a body of persons opposed to the religious views of … the Salvation Army ’ . |
3 | They 're asking what the noise could be who it could be were the guards coming for them ? |
4 | The possessed woman , like her bewitched counterpart , becomes the immediate centre of attention and care , and although she exerts pressure upon her spouse the latter is not assailed as radically as he would be were he accused of being a witch . |
5 | It will be were n't it ? |