Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be told that this is an academic quibble since our democratic politicians know what is of constitutional significance in our way of government , approach such matters differently from other reforms , and are politically if not legally constrained . |
| 2 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 3 | I suppose I should be flattered that you gave me an ‘ A ’ — though I 'd be better pleased if you thought enough of me to send my flowers in person , instead of by remote control . |
| 4 | If I did not add this information , I felt I should be told that he had never heard of M. Guérigny . |
| 5 | The more I put in then , logically , the more determined I 'll be to see that it all goes through smoothly . |
| 6 | I 'll be arguing that the end of imperialism and communism might be a wonderful thing , but that period of instability , that period of change can be very dangerous . |
| 7 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 8 | I I would have put the apostrophe between the l and the s , but erm , I 'd be prepared to , I 'd be persuaded that it was n't crystal clear . |
| 9 | ‘ I shall be demanding that we have a full explanation from Department of Trade and Industry officials when they appear before the public accounts committee to be cross-examined on this report on December 4 . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed I shall be arguing that the drama will only be effective when its inner structure is felt by the participants . |
| 11 | It is also that the the maintenance of our road schedules continues to a very high standard and so we are n't er , we have to take er the money from that source er and I will be hoping that perhaps in this we may find that we do not need to raid that particular fund so that we may find |
| 12 | ‘ At least I can be flattered that you do n't find me sly or boring . ’ |
| 13 | Within this latter set , one sentence begins with the additive adjunct , also , in 22 , which could be indicating that there are two parts to this set . |
| 14 | To which could be added that you do n't need to be the best to be top , if the ballerina Lyudmila Semenyaka is to be believed . |
| 15 | Now you may be thinking that these options sound very dramatic and limited in the context of social chit-chat . |
| 16 | You may be thinking that you have heard all this before . |
| 17 | You may be advised that the intended phraseology is appropriate and legally effective . |
| 18 | Instead of pointing out the errors you may be told that it is very good but have been better in a darker wood ! |
| 19 | e.g. At the beginning of a lesson you may be told that you are to " make written notes on the rise of Louis Napoleon , paying particular attention to his sense of historic mission , his coups and his writings " . |
| 20 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 21 | Of course , this does n't mean that if a man exposes himself to you , you must be repressing that urge within yourself . |
| 22 | You may also need to help her to transfer to the list of your own general practitioner , if she and he are both agreeable to this ; and of course she must be assured that you , or some other member of the family will be with her on the actual day of the move or , if she wishes , take the responsibility of it off her shoulders completely . |
| 23 | He was not sure that she would come , but felt that she should be warned that the old man was close to death . |
| 24 | For those who might be disturbed that the ambience of ‘ live ’ recordings is in appropriate for music of such delicacy , I 'm happy to report that audience noise is minimal . |
| 25 | Perhaps you might be persuaded that Mr Henderson of Branbury Castle also falls into this rare category . |
| 26 | You 'll be reconfirming that our whole world is cleansed , I take it ? ’ |
| 27 | Never , ’ she defended , then added thoughtfully , ‘ However , if you do get him back to his old city life , you 'll know he 's doing it for you , and you 'll be assured that he really loves you . ’ |
| 28 | Ask any caterer what sort of foods we make a beeline for and you 'll be told that it 's the fried things — fish in batter and double chips ; bacon and egg with fried bread ; burgers dripping in saturated fat ; bangers and more chips . |
| 29 | ‘ You 'll be saying that he 's still here next . |
| 30 | Next you 'll be saying that God favours women more than men because he created Eve in Paradise , rather than before , as He did Adam . ’ |