Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [noun pl] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must be years since he has ridden it . |
| 2 | yes the , the commission does n't seemed to of addressed itself to , to , the only question it seemed to of addressed itself to are whether the criteria objective , erm , that there could be reasons when it takes decisions and erm there should be an appeal procedure |
| 3 | if it gets too big a hole you see , it could be months before it heals up ! |
| 4 | She could be totally paralysed and on a ventilator in Intensive Care , in which case it could be months before she recovers . |
| 5 | Such experimental evidence can of course be extremely valuable , but there may be occasions when it needs to be augmented by observations of children in more natural surroundings . |
| 6 | The plane 's ‘ black box ’ was found yesterday — but it will be weeks before it yields clues to the cause of the crash . |
| 7 | The firm reckons it will be years before it finds the system 's limits . |