Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the teacher criticised or even hit you then the last thing to do was complain at home because the certainty was you would be criticised or hit again . |
| 2 | What had been said was we would be open to the poss I ca n't remember now the exact words he used , but |
| 3 | Er the idea was we 'd be able to sell it to people or give it to people depending on whether they had any money or not I suppose by the Green Party . |
| 4 | What he meant was they might be able to come off the building sites , and fall into a featherbed job , one in which they could wear nice suits and drive fancy cars , in return for looking after one very rich old man 's ‘ interests ’ . |
| 5 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 6 | In the same way it is essential that we await the results of that questionnaire and that we discuss with the District Council the long term redevelopment of that airfield and so I think it would be more helpful in expressing our concern of course about the decision and version of it which I will admit came as a shock because my understanding was they would be there for two , three , or four years yet . |
| 7 | ‘ If I was he would be rather stupid to tuck me up here so close to him . ’ |
| 8 | If he was he would be bound by a pre-existing collective agreement that had been made between the union and North Star Yachts Ltd . |
| 9 | If you asked him where a particular coin was he would be able to tell you exactly where it was on display , even to where it was pinned in a case . |
| 10 | No , Violet was It 'll be Easter wo n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ If I knew where a deserter was it would be my duty , not as a military man but as a citizen , to report him if I could n't persuade him to give himself up . |
| 12 | Brutus says that he has no real reason to believe that Caesar would change his nature like this but because they had no proof either was it would be too much of a presumption to say that he would not change at all . |
| 13 | Er well if it wa if it was it would be very convenient cos it would probably come out on the car park but er |
| 14 | And it was it must be that . |
| 15 | But er yes it was it could be and there was a blow hole there as well . |