Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect she 'll try to be . ’ |
| 2 | But the injury ca n't be mended and vets say she 'll have to be put down . |
| 3 | The customers say you 'd have to be a detective to make sense of it . |
| 4 | And you never say you 'd like to be taken out for a change , or ring him up when you want a bit of company ? ’ |
| 5 | The Oscar-winning actress told the YP : ‘ To follow Denis Healey 's act you would need to be a genius . ’ |
| 6 | Hence , to issue new shares at a substantial discount to the market price and then underwrite it would appear to be a case of double indemnity in which the primary insurer is assured of a very small probability of having to make a compensation payment . |
| 7 | ‘ I hope he will grow to be finer than his father , may God bless him . ’ |
| 8 | But having collected the first item on Alex Ferguson 's spring shopping list they hope it will prove to be the lever to rid themselves of a 25-year burden . |
| 9 | Sue said : ‘ We 're confident of the success of Mossburn and hope it will prove to be a real crowd-puller . ’ |
| 10 | Nor can he always rely on the help of those who in any other industry or service you might expect to be on his side . |
| 11 | There 's no real I mean you 'd have to be in a real big way of a business and use a large proportion of your house for the gain on that proportion to exceed five thousand eight hundred . |
| 12 | So I mean she 'd have to be a very speculative investor , she 'd have to be right up to er adventurous , for her to think about that . |
| 13 | But I , I , I I ou really I , I know I 'll have to be thrown into the situation of having to do it |
| 14 | Well there 's one really name I 'd like to be called and no , it 's not , it does n't begin with A. |
| 15 | To achieve the list of objectives set you will need to be in constant contact with the leading publications in your field and in occasional contact with all the other publications which might be useful . |
| 16 | Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , can I just give you er , Tony apologies , er , unfortunately he has to be in Paris today , I know he 'd prefer to be with you , but he has to be in Paris today , and since he 's good at delegation , he 's actually asked me to come along and and to talk to you . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose I ought to expect to be bullied . |
| 18 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 19 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 20 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
| 21 | This immediately triggered talk about a triple ( or is it a quadruple ? ) dip , but many economists believe it will prove to be no more than a stutter . |
| 22 | If there is a common underlying theme or thread it would seem to be the unstated assumption that ‘ anyone can make it if they try , and if they conform to the rules ’ ; those who fail must suffer from some congenital lack of capacities , or be of an alien disposition . |
| 23 | Cheat you 'd have to be cheating or they would n't |
| 24 | Then Kevin said , " I bet you 'd like to be an Indian Princess , would n't you , Julie ? " |
| 25 | Identifying theirs from those that surround it would seem to be a baffling task in the darkness and some researchers believe that a bird is able to recognise the particular smell of its own burrow . |
| 26 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 27 | ‘ I think I 'll have to be going back now . |
| 28 | ‘ So you think I 'd prefer to be walled up in that mausoleum — that grave of a house . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then I rather think I 'd like to be . ’ |
| 30 | I think I should like to be your wife . ’ |