Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er my Noble my Right Honourable Friend did take account of that and he did agree that hereafter the appointment of the Chairman should not be an appointment made by the Home Secretary , but that shou he should be one made by the full authority and that has I 'm glad to say met with with approval . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it must be something to do with the pickled cabbage . |
| 3 | Of course , the noises must be something to do with the Devil 's work in the middle of the night . |
| 4 | Must be something to do with the age difference . |
| 5 | She was no beauty , though she was realistic enough to accept there must be something appealing in the small , heart-shaped face with its delicate , finely boned features . |
| 6 | ‘ Whoever we choose as an official biographer must be someone connected with the theatre , because the theatre was my father 's church , ’ he says . |
| 7 | Now , some men think right , I 'll walk across the road others will think well I 'll stay behind because it might be safer cos there might be somebody lurking in the corners none of us know quite how to react to that . |
| 8 | They suffered from bronchial diseases — even the children — and Jane made herself unpopular by suggesting it might be something to do with the ubiquitous air conditioning . |
| 9 | It might be something to do with the weather or with the experiences of travelling to the meeting . |
| 10 | It might be something to do with the two four foot tanks in his hallway or the huge 6′ × 2′ × 2′ Tanganyikan set-up in his lounge , housing among others , some fine Frontosas . |
| 11 | Oh , it might be something to do with the . |
| 12 | Then there 'll be nothing going to the bank and it also would pay off the arrears on on the vehicles . |
| 13 | two copies so it 'll be something to do by the time we get back . |
| 14 | When you are with a group of people and someone decides to be kind and ‘ bring you in ’ , out of the blue you will be told ‘ We are talking about … ’ which could be anything ranging from the Prime Minister 's latest speech or last night 's TV programme to the odd behaviour of the woman next door . |
| 15 | The success may be something to do with the positive attitude . |
| 16 | THE fighting on the ground may be nothing compared with the fighting over who pays the bill . |
| 17 | The social side of bridge may be what attracts to the game but here he can neither talk to nor see He bids with specially marked chips and passes his cards through a slot at the bottom of the screen . |
| 18 | The committee reported in February 1943 in very alarming language that there would be nothing left for the British postwar aircraft industry unless something were done at once . |
| 19 | The ideal laser for nuclear physics would be one working in the gamma ray part of the spectrum , called a GRASER . |
| 20 | Soon she would get down to work on the garden ; it would be something to do at the weekends . |
| 21 | But you can guarantee that there will be something happening in the bars , restaurants and clubs which are buzzing with energy . |
| 22 | The consternation this single idea provoked will be nothing compared with the new breed of whole-school responsibilities which are now beginning to emerge : technology across the curriculum , IT across the curriculum , and economic awareness for all being just the start . |
| 23 | Another problem facing farmers in the future will be what to do with the stubble left in their fields after harvesting . |
| 24 | I have to remember we spent her first ten years together and hope that this will be what matters in the long run . |
| 25 | By believing the play explores a supposedly innate moral virtue such as nobility , the tragedy can be one focused on the interiority of the character and thus , so the assumption proceeds , it may be considered ‘ great ’ . |