Sentence examples for sequence of tenses from inspiring English sources

In the second, sequence of tenses requires "were".

Sequence of tenses requires a past tense verb here: "stated".

So, with proper sequence of tenses, make it "was" or "would be".

Ever the English professor, he was careful about the sequence of tenses.

Make it "felt as though his season had barely begun" (sequence of tenses).

A sequence-of-tenses problem.

After the past-tense "said," sequence-of-tense rules require "had been continuing" or "was continuing".

Sequence-of-tense rules demand a regular past-tense verb: "a sales agent asked whether the kiss was needed".

This construction does not require a subjunctive; we simply need the past tense to follow sequence-of-tense rules after "asked": "asked if he was unhappy".

Languages that allow a "vacuous" past tense morpheme in complement clauses of attitude verbs are referred to as SOT (sequence-of-tense) languages, and languages that do not are referred to as non-SOT languages.

This should be an ordinary past tense, indicative mood, as required by sequence-of-tense rules; the original question was "Are you interested?" There is no contrary-to-fact or hypothetical sense requiring the subjunctive.