Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 2 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 3 | Why , if there was anything serious the matter with you , Martha , should n't I be in constant attendance upon you ? ’ |
| 4 | Could she be of any assistance ? |
| 5 | ‘ And the Lord Henry Percy and his lady in especial greet your Grace , and pray you be of good cheer in this happy news , for that the price set upon these Scots prisoners , such as belong to the Lord Henry , shall be at your Grace 's disposal in the matter of the redeeming of their beloved kinsman , Sir Edmund Mortimer , out of his captivity in Wales . |
| 6 | Will you be in all day ? |
| 7 | Can we be of any assistance ? |
| 8 | Why might we , we be in big trouble if it 's a problem ? |
| 9 | Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons . |
| 10 | The Ayatollah Khomeini may have died , the demonstrations may have dwindled , the book which precipitated the whole bizarre nightmare may no longer be burned in scenes of spine-chilling ugliness , but let no-one be in any doubt : Iran still wants Salman Rushdie dead . |
| 11 | What harm could there be on this night of all nights , the dowager-duchess asked herself , in Joan de Warenne representing her who is in fact her half-sister ? |
| 12 | What possible justification could there be for such coldness ? |
| 13 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 14 | What joy can there be in this kind of conduct ? |
| 15 | cos I mean how many hours driving will there be in this country , about eight ? |
| 16 | ( In practice the meshes need not be of constant size nor need they be of uniform shape . ) |
| 17 | Second , once identified , can they be of any use in helping us solve real-life issues ? |
| 18 | How could it be of ethical significance that the word ‘ good ’ , considered just as a sound , is used in a certain way ? |
| 19 | When could it be of particular use to you do you think ? |
| 20 | Wo n't it be on this lot ? |
| 21 | Who could it be at this hour ? |
| 22 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 23 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |
| 24 | What will it be for that clef ? |
| 25 | If the latter , can it be for any offence or only for a serious one , and is the offence in the problem sufficiently serious ? |
| 26 | Will it be through greater competition ? |
| 27 | Could it be worth this pain ? |
| 28 | Should n't it be round that side ? |
| 29 | Will he be at this meeting tonight ? ’ |
| 30 | You will sit anxiously on an undersized chair at parents ' evening , asking a teacher whether the child 's reading is really up to scratch and should n't he be on Blue Book Three by now ? |