Example sentences of "be [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
2 | I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed . |
3 | How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ? |
4 | What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ? |
5 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
6 | I often wondered how different my life might have been if I had had a wife and family to come home to all these years . |
7 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
8 | ‘ You 'll stay right where you are until I 've made you a hot drink . |
9 | I 'm happy where I am and I get called every couple of weeks which suits me . ’ |
10 | Since erm sexually reproducing organisms are and I 've tried to keep technical jargon in this course to a minimum , but one term we 'll have to learn is diploid , you ca n't do without it . |
11 | The only regrets I have are if I 've hurt anyone . |
12 | I know that looking for a Purple Heart , or V C , erm are but I do believe it needs to be it needs to be clarified . |
13 | it , it may have been because I had raised some concerns , concerning that particular er statement |
14 | ‘ The most obvious thing in mine may be that I like to work with numbers , but if I 've an urge to be an innovator too , I probably wo n't make a successful auditor . |
15 | All the events recorded in this book took place more than forty years ago and memories are apt to play tricks on us , so it may be that I have made a few mistakes . |
16 | ‘ It may be that I have seen this place . |
17 | ‘ It could be that I have had some new shafts put in my clubs ’ , Woosnam pondered , ‘ and they are too stiff . |
18 | I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham . |
19 | There is a large area of new build around where the southern fire station will be and I do say will be because it will be . |
20 | As for what subject , I 'm not sure what it 's gon na be cos I 've got ta pass in the |
21 | ‘ It may be but I intend to eat first . |
22 | I think there must be because I 've seen it several times now and just in , in , you know |
23 | It might be because I keep looking at mine and . |
24 | I wondered how long it would be before I stopped loving him . |
25 | ‘ It 's probably just me — you 'll be alright ( you 'd better not be after I 've put up such a struggle ) . |
26 | ‘ I hoped that the atmosphere backstage would n't be as I had imagined , which was the typical Manchester Iciness . |
27 | will be when I 've written |
28 | How could you be when I 've shown you nothing but contempt ? ’ |
29 | The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin . |
30 | the the reasoning being that I 've gone into the aspects of erm income support and that and basically i it 's about seventy pound a week to live on . |