Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 2 | Or I might be home a lot earlier than you think . |
| 3 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 4 | I 'll be about an hour I reckon . |
| 5 | There are now over twenty Visa cards on offer — all with different terms and conditions , twelve Mastercards , not to mention some seventeen gold cards ( which may be either a charge card like American Express or Diners Club , or a credit card ) . |
| 6 | It requires a quantity , which may be only a gram or so , of cocaine hydrochloride , bicarbonate of soda , containers such as jam jars , glass tubing , stirrers and a source of heat . |
| 7 | Which could be quite a bit as they all still lived at home with their mums and dads . |
| 8 | Dot tried to imagine that the two women in front were her footmen and she was one of the royal princesses , preferably Margaret because she would n't have to be queen which would be quite a responsibility if you thought about it , going for a drive in a carriage with her regal dogs and her regal flowers . |
| 9 | Some people prefer to hold the script ; others like to read off a lectern , which can be simply a tray propped up on a couple of books . |
| 10 | However , for you it may be best to stretch the paper , in order to avoid buckling during painting , which can be quite a nuisance , as you know ! |
| 11 | Of course , she may be simply an accomplice . |
| 12 | Occasionally , at the other extreme , he or she may be primarily an administrator . |
| 13 | The Lay Observer , who must be neither a solicitor nor a barrister , is appointed by the Lord Chancellor to consider the investigation of complaints about solicitors . |
| 14 | She must be quite a reader . |
| 15 | Then when you arrived , you might be there an hour , two hours . |
| 16 | Surely its relative , I mean two thousand pounds to you might be quite a lot of money , but to someone else , its , its not a big deal . |
| 17 | She 'll be there a couple of minutes before . |
| 18 | She could be merely an appendage or she could ‘ do her own thing ’ . |
| 19 | You 'd be there an hour love , it 's a long time to sit by yourself . |
| 20 | Every man owed allegiance to a Lord — the tenants who worked the field would hold his land from the owner , who would be either a Baron ; a Bishop , or the Abbott of a monastery , to whom the tenant had to render service . |
| 21 | In January , Chris Benstead , a freelance percussionist , who has already run a very successful with our trainers , will be with us all day , both to accompany a class ( which I can promise you will be quite an experience ) and to run practical workshops . |
| 22 | I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 23 | In plain terms this means that one may be unwittingly a member of an elite group , on Wright Mills 's argument . |
| 24 | Those insights could not just be abandoned but no one could understand how something could be both a wave and a particle . |
| 25 | So , depending on where you live , there may be quite a lot of help to call upon , or there may be very little . |
| 26 | There must be quite a number of readers who have had Uxbridge Cottage Pie at some time — and I obviously can not tell how the 1991 version compared with earlier versions — but I can say that I enjoyed this particular dish and that the taste and texture were very good . |
| 27 | there must be quite a number of houses in this category |
| 28 | Okay well er I I figure that there must be quite a number of er extraterrestrials around around North Yorkshire and I thought it would be quite nice actually if er if there are any extraterrestrials listening at the moment they could ring in and we could have a chat . |
| 29 | There must be quite a number of members from the university who are in the chorus . |
| 30 | The rough guide is that there should be approximately a year 's progress-gap between each grade . |