Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] be [adv] " in BNC.
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31 | ‘ Must it be now ? ’ |
32 | The date must not be a future one , nor must it be out of date ( more than six months ) . |
33 | And why should it be otherwise ? |
34 | But why should it be soon ? |
35 | Or should it be today 's Woman Executive ? |
36 | Should it be outrageously new or timeless ? |
37 | Should it be primarily about celebration of success and ways of ensuring further successes or is it a time for grizzling at parents ? |
38 | Should it be as many as seven times and Jesus had replied both no , no you should be able to forgive forgive them seven times , it should be seventy times in other words stop thinking about counting and just get on with the forgiving . |
39 | Well that 's fine , but why should it be down to thirty percent ? |
40 | Should it be so decided , the first thing under review will be the road system which just about copes with the present traffic . |
41 | Why should it be so complicated ? ’ |
42 | ‘ Why should it be so strange for me to find work with IMP ? |
43 | So should a school like this one equip for the realities of unforgiveness of the world outside , or should it be much more generous in the way it shows forgiveness and can a school be organised so that it does actually reflect Christ 's teaching on forgiveness . |
44 | ‘ Should he be so red ? ’ he asked at last . |
45 | Why should he be so changed ? |
46 | Erm obviously I can have ad hoc conversations with different groups , and I 'll I 'm very happy to do that . |
47 | How might you be more loving at work ? |
48 | So when 'll she be down now ? |
49 | And she 'll testify-she 's as good as said so , unlike some who do n't — ‘ |
50 | I know someone in the Council who might perhaps-it is only a perhaps … |
51 | I do n't know whether I shall or not , but I 'll they 're completely full anyway . |
52 | For what might he be best remembered ( quiz setters take note ) . |
53 | ‘ Or might he be out looking for other slaves to turn the Looms ? ’ |
54 | Might it be also true of Jackson 's work that its formalism is so relentless that it actually reveals itself as questioning the parameters within which it operates ? |
55 | Only if the social costs of such a strategy , in terms of mental illness , vandalism , etc. , were deemed to be high enough , might it be economically efficient to subsidise firms to take on such labour . |
56 | Might it be that large implies not necessarily physical bulk or even two manuals but a keyboard with a full five octaves ? |
57 | Ah well he 'll he 's not helped putting the doors in then . |
58 | wha what 'll it be about er about two years I think |
59 | ‘ What 'll it be then , Mr Stone ? |
60 | " What 'll it be then ? " |