Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An accomplished 165 may have helped set up Northamptonshire 's comprehensive thwacking of Glamorgan , but the vice-captain 's overall form had not been all he would have wished , a reflection , perhaps , of a disenchanted soul . |
| 2 | It had been all she could do , as she wrote to Ellen : |
| 3 | You have free access to the family outside their house , but when they are inside you can investigate them only by looking through the windows of their house . |
| 4 | No , I think maybe if the girls had been in they might have been a bit shier and felt you know , oh we have to act you know , the lads . |
| 5 | You may have been in they may been in the infants when |
| 6 | Them funny statues they make with no eyes in and titchy little things are so we wo n't know what they 're really like . |
| 7 | I mean they 've got the least amount of people that are there are so we 'll either that or the end of the day see if it does n't get banned , right ? |
| 8 | If the chips are down I would rather be tried by an average jury than the CAA or SIB . |
| 9 | Music and horse racing are Quinn 's great passions outside football and when his playing days are over he would like to make a new career on the turf . |
| 10 | Individuals are easily marked-you can write on the shell with a pencil , paint numbers on it or saw grooves into the aperture . |
| 11 | If they are not they should be bought . |
| 12 | Ah no ours are just you could n't tell you 'd got it on . |
| 13 | If there 's nothing on telly when we 're in I might just |
| 14 | ‘ By the state you 're in I 'd say you 've both drunk the barrel dry ! ’ |
| 15 | Disguise or not , if we 're together they 'll look at us harder . ’ |
| 16 | but we 're not we ca n't go , Angela ca n't get herself up , if she come here , who 's gon na look after Sparkie ? see what I mean |
| 17 | Now remember they 're not they ca n't be counted as your boss |
| 18 | I think also you would expect children who are really quite young , well before the first year , to be showing social interest in other adults around , and if they 're not it might be worth checking that there is n't some problem with the child . |
| 19 | I think also you would expect children who are really quite young , well before the first year , to be showing social interest in other adults around , and if they 're not it might be worth checking that there is n't some problem with the child . |
| 20 | Well if we 're not I 'll ring him up and say I 'll say er |
| 21 | You 're not I 'll fucking murder you ! |
| 22 | Er but we 're not I must explain we 're not discretionary managers . |
| 23 | Yeah I know subjects they 're not you ca n't be interested in all of them . |
| 24 | Under the Sale of Goods Act , goods must be fit for their purpose and if they 're not you can claim compensation for the full amount of your loss resulting from the breach of contract . |
| 25 | My husband always gets amazed at that , if we 're outside he 'll say to people ask , do you know if she likes her job and they , he 's amazed Ken that can |
| 26 | There 's only one woman in my life , and that is Sister Bernadette of the Nansen Trust , and when we 're through I 'd like you to ask the office to get her on the phone for me . |
| 27 | And then of course , we we also made the , at my firm , made the er Battle of Britain curtain , which was very famous , in those days , and I think they 're still I used to have one but I do n't know where the devil it went to . |
| 28 | So we do n't actually say the same what we 're like it should be alright I suppose . |
| 29 | Even if you 're upright you might need to call for assistance . |
| 30 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |