Example sentences of "[vb past] i [modal v] [adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were fifteen minutes to opening time , which meant I might just be able to head Duncan the Drunken off at the pass . |
| 2 | Then there was the women 's clothes shop at Number 133 with its dresses in the window that I felt I would never be able to afford . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew I would never be fit to play , but I wanted to be part of it still . |
| 4 | I knew I 'd never be free of the dog until he was gone ( Eric , poor well-meaning bright but ignorant Eric , thought I still was n't , and I just could n't tell him why I knew I was ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I chose that because I thought I would still be able to keep my hand in by writing the staff newspaper . ’ |
| 6 | Well Marky I thought I 'd just be practical and ask you , it 's quarter one to , quarter to eleven you go and collect Sue . |
| 7 | and his mate had one and he had the other one and he said I 'll never be able to use them he said and they 're in the way , can you do anything with them ? |