Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On the race track everyone must believe he is the fastest . |
| 2 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 3 | That being so , one should ask what are the preconditions for there to be a thinking society . |
| 4 | The heads of these charming horsemen are so like that of the boxer that one might think his was the stele this base supported . |
| 5 | All Saints ' church stands on a high mound of land in the centre of the village — one might say it is the guardian of all it surveys . |
| 6 | One might question which was the more interesting achievement — to start with nothing , as Gandhi did , and rise to power on the strength of personal reputation , or to start with everything , as Irwin did , and do the same . |
| 7 | One could tell he was a man who had come a long way , and who intended going a great deal further . |
| 8 | One could argue it 's no good for beginners and , God , the walking — getting to the lift in the morning qualifies as ski touring . |
| 9 | Where there are dramatic differences of incidence for different groups , where the social pattern investigated is simplex ( for example , class difference only ) , and where the differences virtually always tend in the same direction , it is often unnecessary to test for significance , because the patterns revealed are so clear that no one could believe they are the results of pure chance . |
| 10 | She tried to calm him , insisting that no one could believe he was a murderer , and asked whether he had called his wife . |
| 11 | ‘ One would think you were a queen as well as being one of the real d'Urbervilles ! |
| 12 | ‘ To hear you speak about Santa Barbara , one would think you were a resident yourself . ’ |
| 13 | Oh do n't be so silly flared back Daryl really exasperated now , any one would think there was a deep dark mystery the way you go on , any way I 'll just see what my mother says when she next writes to me and I 'll tell you . |
| 14 | He was wearing jeans with a dirty sweater and thought no one would know he was a policeman . |
| 15 | told you did n't he that the surplus the only way one would know there was a surplus there was when the fund was closed , when every pensioner had been paid money left . |
| 16 | Anybody would think you were the King . ’ |
| 17 | Anybody would think she was a promiscuous little tart , the way her family reproached her for her single status … |
| 18 | If I did n't have long hair , everyone would think I was a boy . |
| 19 | And that erm a depression , the great depression was really everybody would agree it was a movement from bad to worse . |
| 20 | Or at least Kenny had no idea why anyone should think he was an oppo of yours , and he could tell them virtually zilch . |
| 21 | Anyone 'd think you was a flea on the organ-grinder 's monkey . ’ |
| 22 | Anyone would think there was a law which stipulated that to call yourself a specialist in private medicine , you needed the necessary training and experience . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyone would think you were the elder , ’ Anne complained one day . |
| 24 | It 's not very convincing as a logical argument : anyone can see there 's a world of difference between a castor-oil plant and a city of 120,000 people . |