Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] they [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said yesterday : ‘ I have been contacted and told they will be holding a meeting of all agencies next month to discuss the matter . |
| 2 | In fact there appears to be no doubt that Stalin simply resented the independence that the Yugoslav leaders were displaying and believed they could be brought to heel as easily as communist leaders in other parts of Eastern Europe . |
| 3 | They were comfortably beaten by Leicestershire on their Championship debut and will plainly find it hard to bowl sides out , but against that they won four of their first five one-day matches and indicated they could be serious contenders for a trophy . |
| 4 | After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day . |
| 5 | As she went from the room , Beth could hear Cissie moaning behind her , and knew they would be going through the same old argument when she returned to the kitchen . |
| 6 | ‘ People came to see Kenneth Williams and thought they would be watching a ‘ Carry On ’ . ’ |
| 7 | Treu [ 15 ] considered the existence of trails through bibliographic citations and thought they should be preserved for a searcher to retrace his steps at a later date . |
| 8 | You just let yourself into your own home and thought they 'd be upstairs asleep ? ’ |
| 9 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 10 | ‘ 3i looked at the business and said they might be interested in buying an equity stake , ’ says finance director Penny Smith . |
| 11 | Robert spoke again and said they 'd be right over . ’ |
| 12 | I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright . |
| 13 | He gave the Bookman a big hug and hoped they would be friends for a long , long time . |
| 14 | Buxton and Sturge both wished each other 's efforts well and hoped they would be complementary . |
| 15 | With both sections of the strap cut and matched they can be left ‘ au naturel ’ , decorated with a logo , studs , bullets , bolts , or they can even be printed with pictures . |
| 16 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , leader of the House of Commons , last night denied MPs would be exempt from paying poll tax on second homes — but agreed they would be able to reclaim the full cost from allowances . |
| 17 | Members of the committee voted to refuse planning permission for the petrol station and housing development but added they might be willing to consider an application for houses alone . |
| 18 | The Mozambican President , Mr Joaquim Chissano , has announced general elections for 1991 but hinted they would be single party only , the Portuguese news agency , Lusa , said yesterday . |
| 19 | Both the girls were under age for drinking , but knew they 'd be served without any trouble . |