Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WIGAN boss John Monie has warned British rugby league : ‘ Get your act together or you 'll never be world champions . ’ |
| 2 | Or it could simply be activity in the digestive tract . |
| 3 | ‘ If I knew my future and that I would never be No 1 I think I 'd tell myself to forget it . |
| 4 | On the statement emphasising that she could still be Queen , he said : ‘ The situation is very volatile . |
| 5 | The unlucky 4–0 defeat at home to Alborne showed great promise for the future and if it had not been a mathematical impossibility since the beginning of October , I would have said that playing like that we should still be promotion contenders . |
| 6 | And they have a far greater proportion of the Greater York area than we do , erm as I outlined we just have three relatively modest villages , erm our , we do have a concern erm , on this , in that we do n't ac , given there 's a a district and an area have not be identified , we do n't feel that there has been a comparative assessment of the two options , we do n't dispute that they may well be harm er from peripheral development around other distric , around settlements in other districts , we acknowledged other other District Council 's concerns , and indeed , these are arguments we have used ourselves on the scale of development in Hambledon , er but we do n't feel that there has been a properly balanced assessment of the two options . |
| 7 | The oral shield has an irregular shape , although it may sometimes be hourglass shaped , and extends from the oral frame on to the interradial area . |
| 8 | She could tell by the angle of the light that it would soon be sunset , and the prospect of being here in the dark appalled her . |
| 9 | Now he sat by the fire with his whisky , a drink he did not care for , making conversation with Tony and hoping that it would soon be time for bed . |
| 10 | If I asked a question of him then he 'd answer seriously , but if I floated a question and waited to see which of the students would pick it up I could guarantee that it would never be Holly . |
| 11 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 12 | I believe that he committed himself to assuring that he would never be party to such a thing again if he could prevent it . |
| 13 | United visit Villa Park , and Atkinson wistfully linked the past with the present when he said : ‘ If I 'd had Dean Saunders at United , we would have won the Championship and I might still be manager of Manchester United . ’ |
| 14 | The sky was now getting fairly light , and it would soon be stand-to , so there would be no going back into the trench to get the head down again . |
| 15 | He has devoted time and energy to people because it is the people who will one day be his subjects , and he feels a sense of responsibility towards them ; but he will also be King of the British Isles , and has a responsibility to safeguard those Isles for future generations . |
| 16 | He may sometimes be consultant and analyst ; sometimes investigator and policeman ; but he must also be negotiator and judge ; inspector , educator , and public relations representative . |
| 17 | Climate change through the man-made modification of greenhouse gases might be disastrous , but it might equally be deliverance . |
| 18 | I have n't a clue what I 'd do , but it would certainly be music . ’ |
| 19 | And then you 'd come back later and have a a sort of tea , but it would still be bread and jam , you know what I mean . |
| 20 | Uu ; but it could also be AABBCC … |
| 21 | For long processing times this will be too low a figure , but it will then be part of run times markedly higher as a result of overall long processing times and it is probable that overflow records will not cause much extra delay . |
| 22 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 23 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 24 | ‘ Neither of you will face criminal charges , though it would only be justice after what you 're doing to my sister . |