Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case I can always be blamed . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think so , thank you , and of course I shall only be staying the one night , ’ she said very firmly . |
| 3 | ‘ When I finish playing football I 'll probably be coaching and be one of those still playing in Wimbledon 's reserves at 40 . |
| 4 | We 'll be having er our usual comprehensive coverage of the , five past seven the programme starts and included in the programme we 'll also be talking er basketball , we have er guests from the city 's basketball team , the Nottingham Cobras . |
| 5 | If she lost control of the boat they would both be drowned . |
| 6 | Having selected a remedy it must now be given , but first I would like to put in a little reassurance . |
| 7 | At a congress in Stockholm in late May 1990 , delegates from the Left Party — Communists ( Vänsterpartiet — Kommunisterne — VPK ) voted by a large majority to drop " communist " from the party name , so that in future it would simply be known as Vänsterpartiet . |
| 8 | Due to its sheer weight it can only be used at the Centre by special permission of the Department of Transport . |
| 9 | It would be like meeting someone else running away from the police in the opposite direction-you would both be caught ! |
| 10 | The pronoun I would thus be rendered " the person who is experiencing this " ( for severe difficulties with such a view , see Gale , 1968 ) . |
| 11 | Communication between the front of the vehicle and the back was via a small hatch , but because of the noise of the engine you could only be heard by putting your face close to the hatch and yelling . |
| 12 | They eat ‘ dinner ’ at nine in the evening or even later , while I am ravenous at five o'clock when at home we would usually be having tea . |
| 13 | There have been differences of opinion as to how such matters should be most advantageously introduced to school children , and some have argued that the " library period " where children systematically practise " library skills " , in isolation from any other work they may also be doing , is a mistake . |
| 14 | On their return home after a day 's work they must then be given a good if not excessive meal . |
| 15 | The visiting nurse or GP can also advise the patient about when it is safe to resume sexual intercourse ( usually by about four weeks after the attack ) and how much exercise they can safely be taking . |
| 16 | Once terms have been accepted for inclusion they must obviously be recorded , so that this stage and the next one must proceed simultaneously . |
| 17 | Charles 's appointments were of better men , but he used Laud , Williams , Juxon and others as his highest secular officials ; in that capacity it could hardly be expected that they would not be the subject of the same Parliamentary criticism as were laymen . |
| 18 | As seen , Lord Greene M.R. in the Wednesbury case conceived of unreasonableness in its substantive sense , as a long stop and a fairly extreme one at that : if an exercise of discretion successfully negotiated the hurdles of improper purpose and relevancy it could still be invalidated on the altar of substantive unreasonableness if it was so unreasonable that no reasonable body could reach such a decision . |
| 19 | In company law it can equally be argued that by casting trustee-like duties on directors so that they are required to act only in the interests of the shareholders the law aims to ensure that the will of the shareholders is implemented . |
| 20 | To get a true feeling for the plan it should also be applied to the Principal because although you have been paying a fixed amount in each month the value of this has also decreased due to inflation . |
| 21 | Most importantly , what did Alexander learn at that Council meeting which changed his attitude , sending him on a journey in very dangerous conditions to court a queen he could scarcely be bothered with a few weeks before ? |
| 22 | Owing to its high alkaline requirement it should only be grown with those plants with the same preference . |
| 23 | And if she decided not to renew her contract she would soon be joining the ranks of the unemployed . |
| 24 | And if your lead results in CCG gaining a contract you will then be rewarded with a further £200 . |
| 25 | Now she 'd only have to sneeze and the whole damn thing would slide off her shoulders and into a heap on the floor , in which case she might fairly be accused of trying too hard . |
| 26 | Indeed , had it not been for the blazing row with Mama she would still be living with her parents , seeing Charlie twice a week and helping the wounded airmen get back their confidence . |
| 27 | By the end of the evening you might well be accepting that I 'm a fully paid-up flesh-eating dinosaur like my parents ! ’ |
| 28 | At the time of enrolment you will also be given a timetable of lectures and practicals , and details of Faculty and campus induction programmes , which you are expected to attend . |
| 29 | The advertisers obviously wish to give the idea that their products are for blondes or light-skinned people only , or maybe that if you use their product you will suddenly be transformed into a seductive beauty with a string of young men at your fingertips . |
| 30 | Through the United Nations and the European Economic Community we shall certainly be doing all that we can to encourage the social reforms — for example , the reform of land ownership — to which the hon. Gentleman referred . |