Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] be [subord] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I would be if it were n't for the circumstances . |
| 2 | They should be cos it 's a straight line equation . |
| 3 | It should be , it should be if it 's part of the basis upon which you are making an allegation that a duty arises . |
| 4 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |
| 5 | I said Well it must be if it 's to twenty three . |
| 6 | Yeah , yeah , yeah it must be because it 's erm , is it two hundred miles or not quite ? |
| 7 | Well it might be as it is , might be as it was , you know , who , who knows ? |
| 8 | … in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual . |
| 9 | Well it would be if it was n't for the tricky traps , perplexing puzzles , tantalising time limit and crafty creatures with an appetite for raw Rufus ! |
| 10 | ‘ Or it would be if it was rendered habitable once more . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Only he did n't leave his wife , so Marie O'Donnell returned to Ireland , and because she knew how it would be if it was known she had an illegitimate child she told everyone she was a widow . |
| 12 | He goes on to say that it would be if it were a condition of another kind . |
| 13 | When one man with a tiny congregation has the cure of 13,000 souls , it is a joke , or it would be if it were not so sad . |
| 14 | In a real sense , our mind or at least , our mind as it truly is , our mind as it would be if it were purged of all individuality , partiality , incompleteness , confusion , emotion and what not , is identical with the total absolute which the business of philosophy is to study . |
| 15 | Now she made the decisions , now she was in control , and if , at some future date , she should sell the farmhouse it would be because it was her choice and not to accommodate him . |
| 16 | I lay on my back thinking deliberately how lovely it would be when it was over and I did n't have to worry any more . |
| 17 | We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine . |
| 18 | She started to go , and then turned back , saying cheerily , " Just think how nice it will be when it 's all finished with , " and then she actually added , " Well , I must go and feed my puss-puss now , or she 'll be ever so cross . " |
| 19 | I 'll call for a vote for quite clear I am going to stick to what I 've said that I consider that the amendment has been proposed it can be if it 's to be accepted it can then be accepted by the Committee as a whole |