Example sentences of "[vb base] he [modal v] [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I predict he will be a breath of fresh air for the business community . |
| 2 | I know he 's a liar , I know he can be a liar , but I 'm still bothered by it , I mean |
| 3 | ‘ We brought him on this tour so he could develop , and I believe he could be the player to hold England 's batting together for the next ten years . ’ |
| 4 | and er , I mean he can be a bit |
| 5 | I mean he could be a blood relation , no matter what his name was , and nobody in the world would bet he was n't . |
| 6 | I du n no , I du n no whether he 's erm he really could be , I mean he could be the thing is he could be compared to a hobo . |
| 7 | I 'm getting a bit worried , well I 'm getting worried myself but I do n't know , I think he might be a bit nervous . |
| 8 | I think he 'll be a lot better anyway . |
| 9 | And er it was probably where the drovers came through , it 's a drove road and I , I have n't been quite able to find out what he di I think he would be a shepherd probably . |
| 10 | I think he 'd be a bit of a hero for me — he managed to achieve such great things without using violence or hurting anybody . |
| 11 | No , no , I think he must be a doctor . ’ |
| 12 | A boy comes to the same house the next day and because one arm is injured , they think he must be the robber . |