Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 2 | In a rape case the typical defence argument is that the woman consented to intercourse , while in sex murder the defence may be that she provoked him . |
| 3 | It could be that he felt I represented authority or the establishment in some way , or perhaps I was just convenient |
| 4 | Ms Armstrong considers Mr Fallon to be sexist : the reason appears to be that he called her a woman . |
| 5 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |
| 6 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 7 | Well it 's alright as long as it does n't get to be like I said it could , these are lovely stamps you know |
| 8 | May be if they taught us about it at school boys would find it easier to talk to a girl about sex and things like that . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 10 | I can leave it on the stove or take if off , and either way it wo n't be the same as it would be if we ate it now . ’ |
| 11 | He asked himself , I wonder what this old warrior 's reaction would be if I told him I had fallen in love with a married woman ? |
| 12 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 13 | I do not want your heart broken , which I fear it might be if you saw him unhappy . ’ |
| 14 | as if he 'd known she 'd spent all night wondering about the feel of his lips on hers , about how it would be if he kissed her . |
| 15 | Well I would n't be if he bought me flowers now and again . |
| 16 | ’ — but when he heard what the fees would be if he stayed he decided that he was hanged if he was going to spend all that money on being upset . |
| 17 | And erm some houses used to some houses used to go up some steps and two steps and The one where I used to be and you went you used to go up two steps . |
| 18 | Perhaps there used to be and I lost it . |
| 19 | I think it is tough for BD because the midfield have their own way of playing which they 've had since the first season back , and Chapman knew where to be cos they built it round him . |
| 20 | It may be because they thought he has access to money or stores it there but that information is wrong . |
| 21 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |
| 22 | He wondered how long it would be before he saw them again , returning from space a rich man . |
| 23 | Ah yes , but now that 's very interesting because that 's not the same as was the old regulation with the H N D recognition with Napier , and it used to be as I understood it that you had to actually be in membership and leave a period of time between doing the certificate and the diploma . |
| 24 | There was nothing analytical in the experience , only a sense of wonder that things should be as he saw them and , in particular , that he should be involved . |
| 25 | As for regret , she was feeling that already , but how much sharper it would be when he decided he did n't want her any more , as he certainly would do sooner or later . |
| 26 | Juliet wondered what Irene 's reaction would be when she told her she had Lilian 's address . |
| 27 | And how glad he would be when she told him . |
| 28 | Mrs Frizzell 's lips tightened as she guessed what Olga Stych 's remarks would be when she saw them . |