Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 New breed : from The Blue Lily Strip Search : Cleveland Art Gallery , Middlesbrough COMICS may be for me a closed book .
2 Once you have signed the original Agreement and returned it to us , your money should be with you within two weeks .
3 Once you have signed the original Agreement and returned it to us , your money should be with you within two weeks .
4 ‘ We appreciate just what a disaster this decision must be for them
5 Puzznic is destined to become an all-time classic in the Tetris/Klax mould , and no serious puzzle-player should be without it .
6 Although there is no fundamental objection to life-long medication — many diabetics rely on daily injections of insulin with no prospect of stopping — no drug is without hazard , and the longer the treatment continues , the stronger the case should be for it .
7 Too long a winter or no , the Hauxwells must be about it .
8 But it argues that , in the light of the repeated failure of the ‘ four main constitutional parties ( sic ) ’ to agree , the onus in future should be on them to settle .
9 Before the justices on that occasion the local authority had proposed that further attempts be made to improve the ability of the mother to care adequately for the children so that their future could be with her .
10 Last night 's humiliating episode would be with her for a very long time .
11 The artillery-piece beside the building fired for what would be the last time ; the enemy would be upon them before the gunners could reload .
12 My coming appearance in The Jungle Book was meagre in comparison with Charlie 's triumph , but soon eyes would be on me ; it was a start , and I felt strong and determined .
13 The Court would however respectfully disagree with the observation made in Emerson that no purpose would be served by bringing the jury back into open court to hear the tape ; this was a matter for the judge 's discretion but the better practice would be for him to order the reassembling of the court so that the jury could hear the tape in open court .
14 Ten minutes , fifteen at the most , and the wind would be on them , tearing them from the saddle .
15 The first drink of tea will be on you .
16 Let us hope that the various electronics related subjects will be among them .
17 The male , public school judiciary will be with us for years to come .
18 The KGB will be onto him like a shit . ’
19 I 'd love to see that error put right tomorrow but , although my heart is with Rangers , Leeds are a mighty outfit and I think the force will be with them at Elland Road .
20 Neil can be in it and look after it .
21 All parents should be like ours , then sisters really become sisters .
22 I thought Perry might be with you . ’
23 As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you would need real financial help .
24 As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you need real financial help .
25 Scarlet felt foolish and rather jealous : she knew that if she so much as failed to pay a parking ticket , the full force of the law would be upon her like a ton of bricks .
26 Yeah but it might not work you see that 's a big risk for a school to take and anyway the parents would be against it .
27 Early on , they imagined that all foster parents would be like them — not so rich perhaps , but sharing the same basic standards .
28 For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland .
29 This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it .
30 Leading Wren Lilith Penrose would have to be watched , or Lucinda and Jane would be in it , right up to their ear-holes .
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