Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing analytical in the experience , only a sense of wonder that things should be as he saw them and , in particular , that he should be involved . |
| 2 | The persuasiveness of Berkeley 's argument about heat and pain depends on two things : ( i ) our readiness to distinguish between feeling heat and feeling hot , and ( ii ) our having the idea that if two things are called by the same name it must be because we suppose them to be like one another . |
| 3 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 4 | ‘ Then that must be because you provoke me . |
| 5 | It must be because I need him . |
| 6 | Once you 've made your call , they might ask you to stay by the phone erm , to contact you back it might be that they ask you did you want anybody contacted to tell them that , that you 've broken down , they will do that for you . |
| 7 | Well , it might be that we regard it as whether everybody else interprets it that way . |
| 8 | No well we might well it might be that we say we want a combined party , I do n't know , |
| 9 | Might be but I doubt it so no it 's not John Major but it was a good thought Terry . |
| 10 | I do not want your heart broken , which I fear it might be if you saw him unhappy . ’ |
| 11 | It could be that he felt I represented authority or the establishment in some way , or perhaps I was just convenient |
| 12 | It could be that you think he 'll say ‘ no ’ or that he 'll raise doubts and practical concerns . |
| 13 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 14 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 15 | Rather than enticing your man , its real value may be that it makes you feel sexier and therefore more likely to initiate or respond to his overtures . |
| 16 | In a rape case the typical defence argument is that the woman consented to intercourse , while in sex murder the defence may be that she provoked him . |
| 17 | Now the part they play in the community depending on your political statistical or whatever leisure interest viewpoint may be that you think they have n't got the combination right but that 's obviously a very subjective thing , but I think that I mean the visibility and the social responsibility implements I would have thought are two of the most important for people . |
| 18 | It may be because they thought he has access to money or stores it there but that information is wrong . |
| 19 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |
| 20 | May be if they taught us about it at school boys would find it easier to talk to a girl about sex and things like that . ’ |
| 21 | but then her excuse would be but I mean he ca n't be on shift |
| 22 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 23 | He wondered how long it would be before he saw them again , returning from space a rich man . |
| 24 | cunt , wonder what that would be if they put it in a dictionary . |
| 25 | Erm , you see they were dyed on the wrong side you know they were of course it was easier to penetrate than it would be if they dyed them on the right side you see , it was technically i far far superior . |
| 26 | I can leave it on the stove or take if off , and either way it wo n't be the same as it would be if we ate it now . ’ |
| 27 | Would be if you discharged it into the environment , because of course , carbon monoxide is what ? |
| 28 | as if he 'd known she 'd spent all night wondering about the feel of his lips on hers , about how it would be if he kissed her . |
| 29 | ’ — but when he heard what the fees would be if he stayed he decided that he was hanged if he was going to spend all that money on being upset . |
| 30 | He asked himself , I wonder what this old warrior 's reaction would be if I told him I had fallen in love with a married woman ? |