Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [modal v] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is appalling it should be the scene for this attack , ’ he said . |
| 2 | FORMER chancellor Norman Lamont took a suspect package into his local police station yesterday , believing it could be a bomb , Scotland Yard said . |
| 3 | Seeing no sign of him and deciding it would be a bit theatrical to go peering under the furniture , she swung back to find Leo lounging easily in the doorway , one shoulder against the door-frame , arms folded across his chest . |
| 4 | ‘ Who did you phone besides Myra ? ’ he asked , a glint in his eyes saying it would be no use denying it . |
| 5 | It promised a traditional British education , saying it could be the key to an international career . |
| 6 | This is the nearest thing to typesetting yet released and it speaks PostScript so for desktop publishers looking for the quality but without typesetting it could be the answer . |
| 7 | So far removed from normal sense that when he rang the bell at Nutty 's house and her father came down in his dressing-gown thinking it must be the police , he did not understand the excitement . |
| 8 | It exceeds the 10½ inches , but not the 12 inches , and I was rather hoping it may be a record size . |
| 9 | They 've recently beaten Cambridge and are hoping it 'll be the start of a dark blue rowing double . |
| 10 | Typically , the Queen was reluctant to abandon or postpone her journey , but the then Home Secretary ( Sir William Harcourt ) , though feeling it might be a hoax , sought the advice of Sir George Findlay , LNWR General Manager . |