Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [modal v] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I 'm her daughter , so naturally I must be the same , ’ Sabine said harshly . |
| 2 | If I 'm not good enough I 'll be the first to admit it . ’ |
| 3 | Graham reckons Sid 's won it so I might be the only bloke who has n't won it yet . |
| 4 | So I 'll be the inside one , |
| 5 | Now , I have to knock these out by the case , so who 'll be the first one up ? |
| 6 | Of each pair of alleles , only one can be the lucky one that enters any given sperm or egg . |
| 7 | At a recent meeting of the , I believe the , first of the Estuaries Management Committee Meetings for the Orwell and the Stour I was approached by the R S P B representative and was delighted to be asked , how soon is the pamphlets that we 're jointly publishing coming out and I said , oh that 's a jolly good idea , what 's happening , and he tells me that the R Y A's name is to be published with the R S P B and this can do nothing but help our image as we will all appreciate in here , perhaps we need to remember that the gun clubs call themselves , the Gun and Convers Conservation Societies , the wide wise wild fowlers call themselves the Wild Fowlers and Conservation Societies , perhaps we should be the Royal Yachting and Conservation Society and join in with that R S P B publication for I believe quite a very small sum relative to the total outlay . |
| 8 | So there 'll be the Great World six will come out just long enough after the May elections to record our victories er as stop press . |
| 9 | So they can be the deciding factor in what your programme 's going to be , so it pays to keep them in good trim . |
| 10 | The last stay here had been brief ; perhaps it would be the same this time . |
| 11 | ‘ But perhaps it will be the same for him ? |
| 12 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 13 | So be patient with the driver of that slow little tractor if you meet him again , perhaps he might be the Good Samaritan who stops to help you some day . |
| 14 | I know she does n't like me having too many dresses because we ca n't afford it , and I do n't mind — only it might be the wrong colour . ’ |
| 15 | So it 'll be the working people , er , probably the the national er , health stamp 'll have to go , go up . |
| 16 | so it would be the same sort of format . |
| 17 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 18 | Let's see , it ca n't be then , that 's dad 's birthday , so it must be the twenty third today , look in my little book |
| 19 | Yeah so it 'd be the same . |
| 20 | Right , so , here we go then , let's look at step one the open right so , okay so what would be the first part of this particular sales process ? |
| 21 | So what would be the worst possible picture we could be faced with next year ? |
| 22 | He turned to his sons demanding to know whether there was or was not to be a baptism party that night , and whether or not I would be the only white present . |
| 23 | Among the 3,813 papers showing a second preference for Craig , just which would be the 1,476 passed on to him ? |
| 24 | ‘ I remember how he and Stephen quarrelled over who should be the first to pledge alliance to her . |
| 25 | Soon she would be the proud keeper of two secrets — the first that Miguel Rafaelo owned Monte Samana , and second that she , Shelley Cameron , would be the only woman to know the true identity of the famous Miguelito . |
| 26 | Soon there would be the little clutch of spectators , the curious children shooed away by the adults , the Press photographers . |
| 27 | Nevertheless it will be the Schrödinger point of view that will be better for us to follow . |
| 28 | Tonight it might be the Common Market or the future of space travel . |
| 29 | ‘ You know , Carrie , if Seb and Nahum have become friends tonight it will be the best wedding present I could possibly have . ’ |
| 30 | So er er whether or not it 'll be the same faces c l as come up and do it er But it it should n't make that much difference . |