Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [modal v] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders of its armies , appointed by commission ( as Charles VII appointed his chief lieutenants in 1445 ) rather than by the ‘ natural ’ right of birth , were to become its officers for whom advancement would be a recognition of merit . |
| 2 | I know that , aesthetically , the results of colouring my hair might be an improvement . |
| 3 | My recommendation would be a pension , yes that 's right because that 's your priority , you 've chosen |
| 4 | The object of my attention will be the organisation of the National Curriculum into levels of attainment . |
| 5 | Like — I know these girls who sleep with their boyfriends to get taken out , and I know that my body could be a kind of power as well , I could get what I want with it . |
| 6 | I suppose I mean that I do n't think my husband would be a nature poet if he did n't live now , here , in England . |
| 7 | ‘ When I joined the company from BMW , I was heard to remark that my job would be a doddle , ’ says Haysey , ruefully . |
| 8 | To regard the people and society of 1816 as ‘ better ’ than those of my day would be a mistake . |
| 9 | My wife could be the happiest woman on earth — and I wo n't let her . ’ |
| 10 | Being my wife will be a great deal easier than that . ’ |
| 11 | My wife 'd be a lot better off if she was getting a proper wage for her housework , then she 'd have to bloody well do it properly . ’ |
| 12 | My manner can be a little brusque , I grant you , but there is a reason for it — a sound professional reason . |
| 13 | My ideal would be a system that allows players to play a high-grade cricket as demanded by a four-day format , with a modicum of one-day cricket and enough gaps in the fixture list to allow players to recover from the demands of persistent cricket , without having to play seven days a week . |
| 14 | The main sway against my argument would be the vastly increased competition in the '90s , with every other kid wanting to be a soap star or a pop idol . |
| 15 | My poem will be a fantasy about living in a high-rise flat , |
| 16 | If I showed shyness or fear my life would be a misery . |
| 17 | I wish there were because then my life would be a lot easier . |
| 18 | Instead , my glass will be a lens to see the rest through . |
| 19 | My guess would be an upsurge of sentiment whenever the money was getting tight . |
| 20 | If I were the Secretary of State for Social Security , which I am not , my nightmare would be the early morning phone call from the Department 's press office saying that an eviction is taking place that day , that the media and particularly the television cameras will be there and asking whether I would be there and what were the Government 's comments . |
| 21 | My conversation will be a lot more interesting , wo n't they ? |
| 22 | My conversation will be a lot more interesting wo n't they ? |
| 23 | ‘ I think my mammy 'd be the same . ’ |
| 24 | He is staring at me as he dies , and my face will be the last image seared across his brain . |
| 25 | The next time I 'm going to be in my office will be a week next Tuesday , as I , you know , I 'm due to arrive in on the twenty eighth . |
| 26 | But not too much for James and his pal Andrew , for whom aftertaste should be the least of their worries . |
| 27 | If it did act , it would have made a jurisdictional error and its decision would be a nullity . |
| 28 | She repeatedly says that inflation is too high and that its reduction must be the Government 's overriding priority . |
| 29 | its ideology might be an uncommon sense , branded as bizarre by the norms of more general common sense . |
| 30 | These primordial black holes could be less than the size of the nucleus of an atom , yet their mass could be a billion tons , the mass of Mount Fuji . |