Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] things [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He came , towards the end of the nineties , to believe that there are erm there must be things which are in the strictest possible sense non-mental , and which would be what they were , even if there had never been any minds that were conscious of them .
2 There must be things you need to know about Sleet . ’
3 I think there must be things I can do now , lucrative things , to get me out of this scene .
4 This might be things we 've talked about , stock control , sales ledger and so forth .
5 We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm .
6 But there may be things which are forbidden by your law . ’
7 In other words , they 're not , they 're not extras er in , in the absolute sense , they are necessary for that particular scheme , but they may be things which less erm experienced consultants might omit .
8 But , for certain , the fellowship of the place , the friendships — many of them cross-party — will be things they will long miss and never forget .
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