Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 2 | Or I might be home a lot earlier than you think . |
| 3 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 4 | She must be quite a reader . |
| 5 | Surely its relative , I mean two thousand pounds to you might be quite a lot of money , but to someone else , its , its not a big deal . |
| 6 | She 'll be there a couple of minutes before . |
| 7 | I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 8 | They could be there a week . |
| 9 | People would come and stay the night and then they 'd be there a month , you know how it is : ‘ Can I stay a night ? ’ 'Sure , sure . ’ |
| 10 | Nor did I know that our intestinal tracts are those of a herbivore , 32 feet long and that if we were meant in enjoy Contre-filet braisé à l'ancienne they would be only a quarter of that length . |
| 11 | They will be both a force for stability and a force for change in the next Parliament whatever role we play . ’ |
| 12 | They can be quite a handful , particularly in strong winds . ’ |
| 13 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 14 | It may be just a part time book-keeper or it may be a large department with frequent visits from outside chartered accountants and auditors . |
| 15 | It may be just a surface for bacteria or may play a more active part in filtration . |
| 16 | but I 'm afraid it may be quite a time before there 's room for you , although I 'd love to have you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It may be once a week or once a fortnight perhaps , but it would n't be a lengthy period until the baby is older and more independent . |
| 18 | It may be mainly a sounding-board , like the 12-nation parliament of the European Community . |
| 19 | Like a small pale Peregrine , of which it may be only a race , but much paler and more rufous , with crown and nape very rufous. 15–18 in. ( 38–45 cm ) . |
| 20 | With luck it may be only a matter of time . |
| 21 | ‘ It may be only a matter of minutes before they break through . ’ |
| 22 | It may be only a matter of time before goals trigger outbreaks of mass aerobics and the odd square dance . |
| 23 | I think it may be twice a week . |
| 24 | He may be just a boy , but he 's also something of a genius . |
| 25 | It should be both a dialogue with experience and a dialogue with living religions so that one can interpret and reinforce the other " ( p. 43 ) . |
| 26 | The primate centre received requests for 300 macaques and 14 chimpanzees , many of which could not be supplied because of a policy that it should be primarily a supplier for TNO institutes . |
| 27 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
| 28 | Certainly , it may be an adaptation of a TV or press campaign , but it should be specifically a radio treatment . |
| 29 | Donegal have n't lost a game in 12 months , while Derry have only lost three times in 27 months , so it should be quite a struggle . |
| 30 | And er the subject matter of the , the lecture is ‘ Searching the heart of humanity , to find the common bond ’ , which is of course , it 's , it 's just like my film ‘ Eternity ’ , it 's a huge , you know , it creates a huge expectation , but I 'm not afraid to step in front of people now and , and er you know , present myself and say ‘ well let's ask the big question , let's , let's go for it , so er so it should be quite a lot of fun tomorrow . |