Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] there [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone , I thought dimly , was waiting to see if I moved : and if I moved there would be a third thud and my heart would stop . |
| 2 | I assumed there would be a massive outcry , they 'd ban the record and I 'd be arrested and taken to the Tower or something … ’ |
| 3 | I assumed there would be a reason assume there was going to be a good reason . |
| 4 | From what my governess told me and the way our elders talk and exchange glances when speaking of completion or bedding , I imagined there must be a sort of initiation ceremony , something absolutely frightful ! ’ |
| 5 | I prayed there would be no sudden turns . |
| 6 | I decided there would be a release at the end of April , on the 29th or 30th . |
| 7 | Then , at that point I decided there must be something else out there , and what it turned out to be was music from other countries . |
| 8 | It worried me , I felt there should be more reaction . |
| 9 | There was , however , one area in which I felt there could be improvement . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a bank holiday and I knew there would be few buses and even fewer taxis in Harley Street if I felt threatened . ’ |
| 11 | I knew there would be some details that might fill in a few gaps and , indeed , I had not known that Mme G had kept in touch with Otto and that , prior to my arrival on the scene , he frequently drove over to Reine with tempting delicacies that Jean-Claude invariably refused to eat . |
| 12 | ‘ I knew there would be . ’ |
| 13 | Chinese I knew there would be , that petty diaspora of restaurateurs and storekeepers . |
| 14 | That 's why it was easy to ask you to help me — I knew there would be no broken hearts . |
| 15 | I thought , once I 'm sorted out — well , I knew there would be no future for us . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew there would be trouble at that roundabout — the road approaches it at a very acute angle . |
| 17 | But he did n't tell me that and I knew there would be you see , but he did n't tell me these things . |
| 18 | ‘ It was just that I heard it call so I knew there must be one about . ’ |
| 19 | I knew there 'd be some big raids . |
| 20 | and there was one week that Pat came , because I used to get the meat off of the van by the gate then , and I do n't know what it was this week , but I bought the meat ready minced and when I come to give it to you , I knew there 'd be complaints , I do n't know what we were having |
| 21 | I thought there might be . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just that I thought there might be something wrong … ’ |
| 23 | I thought there might be more for me to do on this project . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I know , but I thought there might be one off the MD 's office . |
| 25 | I thought there might be a vacancy occurring for a programme editor and wrote , maybe a little presumptuously : " I think I could be the man for the job . " |
| 26 | In the end I went back to London to the one person in England where I thought there might be refuge : to my grandfather 's — my great-uncle in fact . |
| 27 | I thought there might be some kind of cover-up . |
| 28 | I thought there might be something worth finding . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't be able to live with myself if I thought there might be permanent damage . ’ |
| 30 | I thought there might be some — personal motive . ’ |