Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 2 | No wonder , Paulos argues , that in a society in which such lapses are common , and indeed go unremarked , the citizenry should be prey to every form of delusion and chicanery , political or mercenary . |
| 3 | When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow . |
| 4 | It is the NACAB , which continues : ’ It is financially highly inefficient and imprisoning people because of their financial vulnerability should be anathema to a humane society . ’ |
| 5 | There should be reference to the social housing and the cross subsidy housing and the hospital at in the new plan . |
| 6 | All entries should be address to Kit Kat Competition The editor 's decision is final . |
| 7 | While welcoming the changes that the Minister has introduced to the home improvement grants scheme for houses affected by high radon levels , may I ask whether he agrees that in cases of severe hardship there should be access to 100 per cent . |
| 8 | Surely the nearby towns of Redruth and Camborne must be home to many pilots . |
| 9 | ‘ It must be torture to be betrayed by your sister , ’ he said quietly . |
| 10 | It must be hell to be her , with her crazy parents who were always on the scrounge , though she did n't seem even to be aware of her situation . |
| 11 | It might be convention to lunch in the executive suite . |
| 12 | THE gentlemanly art of boxing has clouted so many expressions into common usage that it might be time to ‘ throw in the towel ’ . |
| 13 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 14 | Others who spoke to Mr Ayob hoped they might be party to something big . |
| 15 | She 'll be home to the volunteers who 've spent up to three thousand pounds for the chance to sail some of the seven seas . |
| 16 | That means he 'll be quarter to five ! |
| 17 | When he was duly elected , Machin merely remarked to his wife ‘ You 'll be mayoress to the youngest mayor … |
| 18 | Before the war grammar schools were distinguished by their academic curriculum , by the existence of sixth forms , from which there could be progress to university , and by the academic qualifications of the teachers ; and so , after 1944 , it was taken for granted that the grammar school ideal must be preserved in its familiar form . |
| 19 | There is a thin strip of wasteland between the allotments and the depot which could be home to rats . |
| 20 | Springbok win could be route to Union elite |
| 21 | So , it could be goodbye to body odour — but only in the right room . |
| 22 | There are fears that the proposal could be counter to the Cleveland structure plan , which sets out guidelines for future development . |
| 23 | Ct. ) 2 that the latter could be sail to be an " occupant " . |
| 24 | It may be so , if it is a personal Christmas card list , for example ; but if the same modest list were to be headed ‘ suspected sympathisers with the X Party ’ ( or the Y terrorist group ) , or ‘ directors of companies believed to be trading with country Z ’ — there could be danger to those on the list if it fell into the hands of evil-minded zealots — and perhaps then the shorter the list the greater the danger . |
| 25 | And Lachlan , She 'd be mother to the heir ! |
| 26 | So far as Hinduism , the major Far Eastern religion , is concerned , there may be reference to many gods , but there is also a clear understanding that they are only large fish too , behind which lies a single , unifying absolute being not unlike the one substance in three persons of the Christian Trinity . |
| 27 | Every composer has his own ideals , and what sounds well to one may be anathema to another . |
| 28 | And in the same year the First Booke of Songes or Ayres of foure partes of the greatest of all English lutenists , John Dowland ( 1563–1626 ) , was printed ‘ with Tableture for the Lute : So made that all the parts together , or either of them severally may be song to the Lute , Orpherian [ a species of cittern , tuned like a lute ] or Viol de Gambo ’ , a confused description which conceals the condition that the highest part must be sung . |
| 29 | This may be home to Mercedes , Bosch , Kodak and Porsche to name but four , but it also offers endless greenery from the banks of the winding Neckar to the baroque palace in the historic heart of the city . |
| 30 | Darlington may be home to first ‘ medical village ’ in Britain |