Example sentences of "[modal v] be [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be I was only thinking the other day the number of bakers but er the number of small bakers that were in Caldmore there was the two brothers one was in Road and one was in Street there was on the corner of Street , where the Co-op have that place now that was they were all bread bakers , were bread bakers er a bit further down Street going towards Street was bakery , they were a bakers and confectioners in Street |
| 2 | The burly barman , it might be he was once a footballer : he booted the man up and down and up and down and out into the street . |
| 3 | Heather must have had some compelling reason to follow in the direction they led , yet what that reason might be he was no nearer discovering . |
| 4 | If he 'd been going to hang up on me , something made him change his mind and could be it was something I said . |
| 5 | She had told Dr. Saxby , and he 'd said he 'd mention it to Dr. Briant ; it could be she was having a bit too high a dose of the red capsules . |
| 6 | Erm so I think it was probably quite well attended though there were a vast number of these green files left at the end so may be it was n't as well attended as I thought it had been . |
| 7 | I 'd and the words would be I was bored and that 's Cherub saying it , and he said that |