Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seeds of some of them may be millions of years old . |
| 2 | As such , I must be one of the few hon. Members who has seen the practical effects of the implementation of legislation such as this , and not simply the ideology behind it . |
| 3 | Also , I must be one of the few people to get Cloughies autograph at a training session while he was Leed 's manager . |
| 4 | ‘ I must be one of the lucky ones , to really get to meet you . |
| 5 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be seventeen in a short while , Mother . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be eighty-one in January . ’ |
| 8 | I 'll be fifty in three years . |
| 9 | I 'll soon be eight … well , not till December and I know it 's only summer , but I 'll be eight in December , wo n't I ? ’ |
| 10 | I 'll be fifteen in a couple of weeks . |
| 11 | And I 'll be forty-three for Christ 's sake . |
| 12 | And do n't forget , even though I 'll be thousands of miles away , I 'll be keeping tabs on you . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll be thirty-four on my next birthday . ’ |
| 14 | Believe or not I could be one of the younger ones in my forties , they 're all kind of past that . |
| 15 | I always thought maybe I 'd be one of the lucky folks . |
| 16 | Er I 'd be fourteen in the June and we used to have to keep on till the end of the term which was August . |
| 17 | I would be one of the first to say re-open it . ’ |
| 18 | Although I would be one of the first to congratulate anyone who can demonstrate the reality of ley lines , the recent article by Paul Devereux and Robert Forrest ( ’ Straight lines on an ancient landscape , ’ 23 December . |
| 19 | I would be one of the Green Shield Stamp queue at Tesco . |
| 20 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I said to quite a few people immediately after the General Election that within the course of the next 12 months , I would be one of the most unpopular people in this country . |
| 22 | " I shall be seventeen at Christmas , and it 's just the hat for Kew . " |
| 23 | Although emotionally loaded , the work does not have , as Bamert acknowledges , the direct appeal of earlier requiems , which may be one of the reasons it is seldom heard . |
| 24 | or such greater percentage ( which may be 100 per cent. ) as may for the time being be prescribed . |
| 25 | If the plan is successful the 45ft long whales , which may be 20 to 40 years old , will follow the boat past South Ronaldsay to the open sea . |
| 26 | So , knowing the sequence of nucleotides in a gene , which may be thousands of nucleotides long , the order of amino acids in the protein can be worked out . |
| 27 | Up a steep and winding lane , on a small brow beside the church , is Widcombe Manor , which must be one of the very finest small houses in the country . |
| 28 | Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire , which must be one of the National Trust properties furthest from the sea , brought a whiff of sea breeze to the land-locked Midlands on 22 May . |
| 29 | Eventually a letter appeared which must be one of the most damaging library letters ever published , as well as being deeply moving : |
| 30 | The boots have a solid feel to them , and the descent from the Aonach Eagach down the side of Clachaig Gully , which must be one of the worst anywhere in Britain , was accomplished without problems . |