Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems Cantona believed he would be a permanent fixture in the side this season after his supporting role helped inspire Leeds to the Championship during the last campaign . |
| 2 | I NEVER really believed it could be a pleasurable experience driving a diesel car . |
| 3 | PTA spokesman Gerry Lynch predicted it would be a spectacular event , involving teams from all over the area . |
| 4 | Indeed , when a collecting programme was first proposed to the US National Science Foundation in 1973 it was severely criticised by reviewers , who claimed it would be an expensive and essentially hopeless venture to search the vast polar wastes for meteorites . |
| 5 | I figured I must be the only fool who was trying to start something ; I was trying to get that big BB King sound and then I saw The Fabulous Thunderbirds , with Jimmie Vaughan on guitar . |
| 6 | I 'd had enough of the party and the noise and figured it might be a good idea to get some rest . |
| 7 | Consequently , I decided I would be an androgynous sort of person and I found old esoteric idea about being a whole person in the alchemical or shamanic sense , a female-male composite , increasingly attractive . |
| 8 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 9 | We had tenants in the house and one day he went missing upstairs and found a bag of lipstick , eye-liner and face powder , and decided it would be a good idea to plaster his face with it . |
| 10 | During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course . |
| 11 | Austin did n't exist until 1846 , when some prominent Texans decided it would be a good place for the new state 's capital . |
| 12 | Since Britain 's year to spend has coincided with its EC presidency , MEP Patricia Rawlings , decided it would be a good idea to put a selection of the parliament 's contemporary art on view . |
| 13 | ‘ But in this case you decided it would be a good idea to leave me entirely in her more than capable hands ? ’ |
| 14 | We decided it would be a good idea to develop a computer corpus of British English , intended to match the Brown University Corpus of American English which had recently become available , and which was the first computer corpus of modern English . |
| 15 | ‘ The children decided it would be a nice gesture to send her cards to show everyone is thinking of her . ’ |
| 16 | But , upon reflection , they changed their minds and decided it would be the right thing to do . |
| 17 | ‘ The opposition was divided and he thought his would be the strongest party . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I 'd be a nervous wreck , but I felt very eager and excited to get out there , ’ she said . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , Cara , ’ Fabia cried , and felt she must be the meanest person living . |
| 20 | After I saw the furnishings in your house I just knew you 'd be a fat bastard . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Ma petite Opal , I knew you 'd be a scrupulous Hero 's Muse . |
| 22 | I do n't know cos we thought you 'd be the only one who actually managed to get a copy when nobody else could lay their fice for the af from two o'clock in the afternoon yeah F finalised |
| 23 | Clive thought she might be a rare type of pervert who gets off on vociferously condemning all the vices she actually practises . |
| 24 | It appears that he published Mary Leapor not only because he thought she would be a commercial success , but because he admired her work . |
| 25 | My eldest , Maria , was a good , clever girl — I thought she must be the best pupil in the school . |
| 26 | And Kartoffel knew they 'd be the first to tread the Eiger 's virgin summit . |
| 27 | ‘ Somebody did tell me he thought they might be a tiny bit stronger than us at the moment . |
| 28 | ‘ I found our colonel in the phone book ; I remembered old Marks say he thought they might be a Cornish family . |
| 29 | If this animal died it would be a sickening blow to a small farmer with ten cows and a few pigs . |
| 30 | He felt it would be a good idea to show her what she was missing by taking that ‘ I 'll ask my parents ’ line . |