Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marilyn Thompson was Charlie 's wife 's best friend ; Charlie was to be Jack 's best man and one day he thought he would be godfather to Jack 's first child . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought he 'd be man enough to — ’ but Leith had other things on her mind and wasted no time cutting in and going into orbit . |
| 3 | I realized he must be Catherine 's nephew , Hareton , and tried to shake his hand . |
| 4 | Mr Mugabe said he would be part of the debate with the delegates . |
| 5 | Er , I do n't wan na put the onus on Paul to do that , I I 've asked and said I he said he 'd be queen , you know be ke , that was before the |
| 6 | He said he wished he could be friends with them . |
| 7 | When Robert Devereux , second Earl of Essex [ q.v. ] , suggested he should be attorney general the queen ‘ acknowledged his gifts , but said his speaking against her in such a manner as he had done should be a bar against any preferment at her hands ’ . |