Example sentences of "[modal v] be [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | James III 's idea of soldiering abroad , for example , to win renown and territory in Brittany and the county to the south , Saintonge , and in Guelders , was blocked by resistance at home ; in 1473 parliament tartly pointed out that if renown was what he was after , what he should be doing was ‘ to travel through his realm and put such justice and policy in his own realm that the brute and the fame of him might pass in other countries ’ . |
| 2 | What she should be doing was looking on the bright side . |
| 3 | It seems that the proposal that Haymo should be Bishop was opposed by the Pope and it necessitated his travelling to Avignon to be consecrated , a journey which cost him more than 1,441 florins . |
| 4 | What she 'd feared might be love was something rather different . |
| 5 | That would be Sanday was it ? |
| 6 | In April , Robb who would be roi was anxious to prove himself a fully paid-up Hartlepudlian , a member of everything from West Hartlepool Rugby Club to the governors of Fens School . |