Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " And one day perhaps I 'll even be mum to a boy child , like all of you . |
| 2 | So you could n't be bit for that . |
| 3 | Perhaps we should just be friends ? ’ |
| 4 | But perhaps it may regretfully be time to demolish our bothies — their unique charm and tradition destroyed by the greedy — another casualty like that on the consciences of the cairnbuilding , memorial erecting , road bulldozing and ‘ 100 best walks ’ brigade . |
| 5 | ‘ Be always ready , according to your power to relieve the poor and help the distressed … ’ is a quote from The Rules for the Conduct of Life , a copy of which is given to all new Freemen — or perhaps it should now be Freepersons . |
| 6 | So it 'll soon be Easter as well wo n't it ? |
| 7 | Mr Urbanec , who is to hold further talks with Mr Havel today — this time in front of television cameras — conceded that the party realised it was held in deep mistrust by the public , and accepted that henceforth it could only be part of the political spectrum . |
| 8 | If they were not they would n't be rocks , they would be sand . |
| 9 | Cos if not it 'll soon be time for bed . |
| 10 | She knew at once it could not be Ruth . |
| 11 | Free feed in this instance is not to attract them to our swim , for if we have chosen wisely we will already be fishing on the patrol route which they follow regardless of groundbait being present or not . |
| 12 | If it works out we shall practically be neighbours , Paula . ’ |
| 13 | Now it could soon be time gentlemen please . |
| 14 | because But then I thought then I thought well I 'll Here 's Rachel do you want to and then like it 's be like Oh I 'm spoiling it for him . |
| 15 | Well you 'll soon be computer whizz kids eh ? |
| 16 | ‘ What matters to us is the fact that we have not enjoyed much success against Southern Hemisphere nations and until we start beating them regularly we will never be world champions . |
| 17 | So the customers will be myself , Maggie sales people throughout the day and tomorrow we 'll not be customers in any way , shape or form . |
| 18 | Well it would n't be Heather cos she 's dark and short and young . |
| 19 | Well it ca n't be B because Stephanie pisses standing up |
| 20 | Er well it 'll soon be Liz 's birthday . |
| 21 | Nowadays it may well be world history , deeply simplified . |
| 22 | Surely it could n't be BALLOON , Dedicated 's answer to The Two Ronnies ? |
| 23 | Surely it could n't be Jake ? she thought in startled panic . |
| 24 | I do n't see how she could ever be Queen . |
| 25 | To put it simply : I can never have just one thought about the spectacles , and if it could be truly said that I was only able to entertain , say , two or ten thoughts about them — if my thinking consisted of discrete , countable thoughts — then they would not be thoughts at all . |
| 26 | Thus , if an organisation chooses not to recognise its e-mail messages as having formal record status and its procedures accurately reflect this , then they would not be records and vice versa . |
| 27 | If aspects of CAB policy that the adviser questions arise during training , then it must also be part of training to show how advisers might try to influence CAB policy . |
| 28 | ‘ Then it can only be Benedict . |
| 29 | In less than six hours ' time — and there it would still be night — he would be attempting to scale the steel wall , trying not to get crushed against it . |
| 30 | The couplet is both resentful of the Friend 's sexual betrayal and appealing : ‘ Lascivious grace , in whom all ill well shows , /Kill me with spites , yet we must not be foes . ’ |