Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] be [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I think that may be right my Lord , indeed er if we succeed on the way out , get get out of the contract point then of course the plaintiff 's case is that they would have taken that advice and would not have entered into the contract a and therefore on that basis they are entitled to be compensated on the basis that all the losses they unnecessarily incurred by having , being forced to complete , should be recoverable , subject to er litigation of loss and . |
| 2 | That may be why he refused to speak to Miss Havisham directly , but spoke only to me during the conversation . |
| 3 | That may be all it is worth |
| 4 | Dave 's verdict : if you 're looking for a reasonably priced bag for general camping the Kozi-tec 500 may be just what you 're looking for as it 's warm and comfortable with plenty of room to move inside . |
| 5 | ‘ That must be why we have to stop the ceremony — to make sure he ca n't tap the mental energy of the congregation and use it to supplement the Old One 's autonomic functions enough to pull the rest of it out of the Vortex , ’ Ace finished , and sat back with a cheery grin . |
| 6 | That must be why they grow so tall so quickly and such a peculiar shade of green . |
| 7 | That must of been where , that must be where we got . |
| 8 | ‘ That must be where he hid the book , ’ said Donna . |
| 9 | They were looking for Elaine Webb — that must be where I read the name . |
| 10 | And those beetles of yours — the ones that could n't get home because the sheet was moving almost as fast as they could walk — that must be how it is for light moving through our space . |
| 11 | Er I th I think if the honourable member pays attention he will appreciate that the boundaries are the nub of the issue in terms of er electoral systems and the common electoral system to which this country is a signatory in agreeing that that should be where we are er headed , is a principle which I believe that this er commission should have been asked to address , it should have been what was happening er at this time in the history of the European parliament , should have happened long ago but sadly it 's a principle which both Labour and Conservative governments in the past have preferred to ignore frankly for their own electoral benefit . |
| 12 | She says , but if you listen to it , and then if you do n't think that should be there you can go over it . |
| 13 | ( This may be exactly what is wanted . ) |
| 14 | This may be why it is said that couples who pray together , stay together . |
| 15 | This must be why his collection is , despite the inclusion of some beautiful and thrilling descriptive writing , less readable than those predecessors for which one reaches when tucked up in bed on a stormy night . |
| 16 | this might be where it happens , you see . |
| 17 | To take a single indicative example that this might be so we can turn our attention to a star cluster named by the ancient Greeks the Pleiades , or Seven Sisters . |
| 18 | And this could be why she 's getting nowhere . |
| 19 | Yet it was hard to imagine a burglar visiting the rue de Sèvres : I rather imagined that this would be where he lived . |
| 20 | ‘ Vargas could drop the lot of us , as I told you This would be exactly what British Intelligence wanted . |
| 21 | If you 're dealing with someone who plays ‘ victim ’ to get by in life , then this will be just what they 're after . |
| 22 | The fat woman said approvingly , ‘ That 'll be just what she wants , God luv her . |
| 23 | That 'll be where they 've left they |
| 24 | So that 'll be why it 's full then ? |
| 25 | You 're still Pascoe — and that 'll be how she found you phone book , nothing simpler . |
| 26 | so yeah that might be why they had to erm |
| 27 | That might be why he 's gone away . |
| 28 | That might be why I did n't see it . |
| 29 | I thought that might be why my last bleed did n't come . ’ |
| 30 | Now the er th it the resolution does say , where appropriate , and I think that obviously it it 's not inappropriate , it 's not appropriate , to undermine er agreements on the basis of negotiating locally , is what the resolution actually refers to so er so I can see and I would anticipate appropriate would be where it does not undermine er national agreements . |