Example sentences of "be [pron] the [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this was shorthand for a simple warning : that if the Syrians pull out of west Beirut , the militias would go to war again in its streets , and there would be nothing the Christians could do about it . |
| 2 | There 's nothing the adventurers can do to help the ‘ Zombies ’ . |
| 3 | There is nothing the adventurers can do about any of this . |
| 4 | But I think this is this is something the kids will use as well . |
| 5 | Hyndburn is one the Tories can afford to lose . |
| 6 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 7 | As predicted last week after the document was widely leaked , here 's what the changes will mean : Gloucestershire is at present made of up of the County Council and six District Councils . |
| 8 | At least that 's what the politicians used to think . |
| 9 | Perhaps you think that 's what the clergy should do — keep away from politics and concentrate on preaching . |
| 10 | It 's what the Godfathers might have in mind for when George goes that worries me . ’ |
| 11 | We still say that that 's what the Frenchmen used to say it in French aye . |
| 12 | So id long-term continuity is what the selectors will look for and if Lynagh 's Italian experience rules him out as a contender , who is the man to fill Farr-Jones ' vital boots . |
| 13 | What they still lack is what the Tories would fear rather than scorn : three easy sentences to ring the bell . |
| 14 | That is what the books would show : ‘ Per loan to Mrs. J. Stevenson — £100,000 . ’ |
| 15 | A reference to British Steel was something the punters would relate to , much to the dealers ' amusement . |
| 16 | It was what the Americans would call a ‘ company town ’ , and is worth seeing as an example of what enlightened employers were doing at the time . |
| 17 | The first question to be settled was what the missionaries should do . |