Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] and [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jill would work for me if Uncle was n't around but as soon as he appeared she did n't care a fig for me and would be off to see what he wanted to do . |
| 2 | ‘ That right is a natural punch for me and could be the best I 've ever thrown , it felt so good and I did n't get any shock at all up my arm . |
| 3 | This requires that the accounts sent to members under section 238 shall be sent not less than 28 days before the end of the period allowed for laying and delivery of them and shall be accompanied by notice of their right to require them to be laid before a general meeting . |
| 4 | A dominant rider and timid horse may not be quite so bad at first , because the rider will give the animal confidence ; even so , the time will come when the rider does not have enough bottle for both of them and will be better off finding a horse with the drive and courage to match . |
| 5 | Most of the plates bear one or two scratched numbers of the reverse : their meaning has not yet been identified but a research student from the Rijksmuseum has made a detailed survey of them and will be publishing his findings in the journal Print Quarterly at a future date . |
| 6 | This technique is a favourite of mine and can be found in different songs I have recorded . |
| 7 | Pressure from Bruce Millan , EC regional commissioner , has resulted in the Treasury reluctantly accepting that the funds provided by Brussels are additional to government spending rather than part of it and should be steered to specific projects rather than forming part of the spending pool . |
| 8 | Flexibility on the Pakistani side was shown by the Pakistani Foreign Minister 's recognition of the Soviet Union 's ‘ legitimate interest in expecting that any Government in Kabul should be friendly towards it and should be mindful of its security interests ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ In my opinion , this kind of Communist ( who denies the right to secede ) ’ , he repeated , ‘ is a Great Russian chauvinist ; he lives inside many of us and must be fought . ‘ |
| 10 | Use a red pencil to underline the things you think are not so good for you and should be restricted . |
| 11 | This is the spirit of truth whom the world can not receive because it does not know him , does not behold him or know him , but you know him because he abides with you and will be in you . |
| 12 | McLeish took her briskly through the course , making the now familiar speech about Angela Morgan 's death being treated as a case of murder , which meant taking statements from everyone who had been associated with her and might be helpful . |
| 13 | has been our sales ledger and wages clerk throughout her time with us and will be best remembered by the workforce for her help in answering their questions such as ‘ Why am I paying so much tax ? ’ and ‘ Has my code number come through yet ? ’ |
| 14 | She went everywhere with us and could be fast asleep in the back of the car when we turned into our lane , whereupon she would sit up and start sniffing the air . |
| 15 | We 've just spoken to a bloke who 's into us and would be really interested in doing something . ’ |
| 16 | Clean the test tube , add the right amount of chemical according to the textbook instructions , heat it up , watch the colour change on the litmus paper , a straightforward sequence of steps that has been performed by thousands before us and will be repeated by as many after . |
| 17 | These people can not really be criticised for doing their best with the resources available to them and could be brought into the new developments . |
| 18 | The gull wing doors which are unique to the TB range — and decidedly difficult to open when you 're standing on the wing — provide good access once you 're used to them and must be the easiest escape routes around in light aviation if there is a mishap . |
| 19 | Well , a nation that equates women with guns is a nation that is addicted to them and should be cured , hospitalised . |
| 20 | There was of course Ferdinando , but she hesitated over opening her heart to her husband , who would in any case need her letter read to him and would be unable to answer of his own accord . |
| 21 | If he hoped to persuade Mrs Thatcher that the releases were a favour to her and should be rewarded by her support for lifting sanctions , he will be disappointed . |
| 22 | Because Israel did not detonate a weapon prior to 1967 , but currently possesses nuclear weapons , it would be in violation of the treaty if it were a signatory to it and would be legally obliged to destroy its stockpile and to end its nuclear programme . |
| 23 | In the case of a transfer of registered land the plan is rarely drawn on it and must be signed by the buyer or by the buyer 's conveyancer . |
| 24 | DEF is well known to us and would be a different sort of purchaser giving you the German influence . |
| 25 | You see , you see — There are moments when a great meaning , a great new meaning , a meaning for all mankind , comes near to us and can be uttered . |
| 26 | If we tried to describe a theory of legislation sufficiently uncontroversial to command close to universal assent among our lawyers and judges , we would be limited to something like this : if the words of a statute admit of only one meaning , no matter in what context they are uttered , and if we have no reason to doubt that this is the meaning understood by all the legislators who voted for or against the statute or abstained , and the statute so understood achieves no results not intended by all those who voted for it and would be so understood by all the members of the public to whom it is addressed , and could not be thought by any sensible person To violate any of the substantive or procedural constraints of the Constitution , or otherwise offend any widely held view about fairness or efficiency in legislation , then the propositions contained in that statute , understood in that way , are part of the community 's law . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm really excited about it and will be travelling for nine months , ’ she said . |
| 28 | While a moving-coil meter does not exhibit any steady deflection when sinusoidal current passes through it and must be preceded by some form of rectifying circuit before it can register such current , other forms of meter exist that respond usefully by themselves to sinusoidal current . |
| 29 | The wildlife that we so carelessly destroy has as much right to be on the planet as us and should be respected — we still have much to learn about them . |