Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They laid Victor on the floor of their shack and prayed for him , but Victor , realising that nothing could be done just gave up and refused to eat . |
| 2 | As Alexander Irvine put it in 1694 : it is a Maxim in our Law , " That the King can do no Wrong " ; the Meaning whereof is not , that nothing can be done amiss that he does in point of Government , but whatever there is amiss to it , is not to be imputed to him , but to those by whose Advice and Ministry he acts ; and consequently , that not he , but they are punishable for them . |
| 3 | It is clear enough that nothing can be defined simply in negative terms . |
| 4 | We can say that yours can be dated c 1350–1530 . |
| 5 | The wood opposite was smoking with dusk again and I was looking forward to seeing the orderly , when my door was opened and I was told that I would be moved across to the main camp at once . |
| 6 | Anyone in the city who knew me also knew that I could be found there , at some time every night , if I was on the planet . |
| 7 | Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning . |
| 8 | Mr Tughan said ‘ He was , without mercy , executed even as his mother pleaded on his behalf that she might be taken instead of her boy . |
| 9 | Another possibility is that you may be treated inconsistently . |
| 10 | If your employer tells you that you can be relocated elsewhere within the business , there should be no question of dismissal if the change falls within the existing terms of your employment . |
| 11 | The same thing applies to ‘ exclusive ’ jobs : ‘ You 're so lucky to be : working in this posh Knightsbridge shop/meeting celebrity authors/the international jet-setter 's PA — that you can be paid very little money for doing so . ’ |
| 12 | You will find that you will be charged more for an unauthorised overdraft , as opposed one agreed with your bank . |
| 13 | Part-time working does not affect your right to study leave , nor does it mean that you should be given only those jobs which no one else wants . |
| 14 | No such all-embracing promise was ever given to Australia 's aborigines , and Mr Keating gave no hint that one would be given now . |
| 15 | We must hope none the less that one can be found here . |
| 16 | I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs , and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors , begging our way for the love of God , so that we might be beheaded there … . |
| 17 | Finally , Lord , we pray that we may be transformed more and more into the likeness and nature of the bride of Christ ; cleanse us from all that is not pure , and help us all to walk in ways that are holy . |
| 18 | When we were children we were told that we would be sent there if we were naughty . |
| 19 | She broke off as though to allow this to sink in then went on : ‘ Father knew perfectly well that my brother and I did n't agree , that we would part as soon as possible , so he made sure that we would be tied together in all the wrangling that would go on because of the joint legacy . ’ |
| 20 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 21 | And erm they were determined that we should all work near as proficient in milking to go and take over , so we had to learn to hand milk , to use three different types of milking machines and to do all the necessary sterilizing and everything else , so that we could be used straight away when we got to the farm . |
| 22 | We agreed that we should be considered rather callous to go on with our usual life when we were reading of 3,000 to 4,000 casualties a day … |
| 23 | We are hopeful now that we will be informed well before the JCBs are called in . ’ |
| 24 | It means that we can be involved straightaway with patient 's management when they 're admitted to hospitals within the Oxfordshire region , and so decisions can be made between the referring doctors and ourselves as regards the best policy of treatment . |
| 25 | Managers in Surrey sent letters to all their ambulance workers threatening to use outside contractors to carry out non-emergency work and refused to guarantee that they would be withdrawn once deployed . |
| 26 | That when it did , she believed that they would be obliterated totally , like midges slapped into nothingness by a giant . |
| 27 | It was n't fair , just or right for the Signora to come before the hour appointed ; she should have been admitted by Giovanna herself and the keys should have remained hanging on their appointed hook ; the other set being in the pocket of Giovanna 's overall from which she now drew them and held them up making it clear that they would be relinquished only upon her death and then only into the hands of Signor Kettering . |
| 28 | The Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , appealed to parents of new Timex recruits to persuade their families not to cross picket lines with the warning that they would be sacked quickly when it suited the company . |
| 29 | The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited . |
| 30 | If people and habitation were to be found , it was likely that they would be located somewhere along the bank . |