Example sentences of "[vb past] i [pers pn] [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E told me 'e might be late an' not ter wait up , ’ Sadie went on . |
| 2 | Both Mr Megrahi and Mr Fhima told me they would be happy to meet Scottish or American investigators and talk to them about the case . ’ |
| 3 | The shop assistant there told me they would be able to take on the order for nothing . |
| 4 | They told me they 'd be useful . " |
| 5 | They told me it would be O.K. |
| 6 | He told me I should be grateful as this was the first Sunday lunch-time down his local that he 'd missed in five years . |
| 7 | ‘ They told me I should be prepared to sit in someone 's house for three , four , five , six hours . ’ |
| 8 | When my husband was lost people told me he must be dead , but I would not believe it . |
| 9 | She told me he could be Prime Minister . ’ |