Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb mod] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well like I said I think probably they 're really kicking themselves I mean I would be in their situation .
2 Er well I 'm sixty-five you see , so I mean I would be in my forties would n't I you see .
3 If it 's out , I hope we 'll be in it .
4 I have still got the thoughts and prayers for others who are left in Iraq , who are very ill and very , very old , and er I hope they will be with their family like my husband is going to come with me today , and I think it 's a very very happy news .
5 I hope it will be worth it . ’
6 I suppose they 'll be on our side now . ’
7 I suppose it 'll be into your .
8 But whatever the size of your company and whatever business you are in , I believe it will be to your benefit to read this booklet and act upon its recommendations .
9 Fifty P bet it 'll be for him !
10 I mean he could be in his fifties .
11 I hope that you will have dinner with me , but if you ca n't make it , then telephone me at my London address before Thursday lunchtime , after which date I will be on my way up north and my movements are unpredictable .
12 I think I must be like my mother , she is always letting herself be interviewed , my father says its vulgar , but she likes it , she likes people coming to ask her questions about herself and how she makes coffee and who she his to dinner and what kind of paper she writes on , she says it makes her feel as though she really has got somewhere in her life .
13 ‘ Well ’ — he pursed his lips — ‘ I sometimes think you should be for your own good .
14 ‘ Now I 'm going to take a look over the studio and I think you should be with me . ’
15 ‘ But I think you could be onto something .
16 ‘ Oh , just Church of Scotland ; but if they had a Provisional Wing , I think he 'd be on it . ’
17 Unfortunately , I think it may be beyond my powers as a programmer to set up such a counterfeit world .
18 I think it would be for us to talk together , the four of us for a start , and er , and bring proper proposals to future meetings would n't it ?
19 If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’
20 Maureen Sanderson , head of the SCS 's external therapy and advisory services , who is helping to treat Sheng , often in her spare time , said : ‘ It took a year to cut through the red tape and get Sheng here but we think it will be worth it .
21 Charlotte 's bringing them in , oh he sat there playing I notice his button I presume it must be off his cardigan
22 ‘ I wish I could be with them !
23 ‘ Angel , I wish I could be with you , but we both know I ca n't .
24 More than anything I wish I could be with you .
25 I wish I could be like you and just give up the Glens for Linfield .
26 I wish I could be like it , cos I 'm so unorganised Christmas morning , by five o'clock I 'm not even dressed .
27 I most heartily wish it may be in my power to serve and save so much innocence , beauty and merit .
28 You pray you will be like him and all will be well . ’
29 ‘ You have a message to deliver here , and so have I. Let's be about it . ’
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