Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [be] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But should it be that anyone ever wished to posit that I have attained at least a little of that crucial quality of ‘ dignity ’ in the course of my career , such a person may wish to be directed towards that conference of March 1923 as representing the moment when I first demonstrated I might have a capacity for such a quality . |
| 2 | ‘ Might it be , I 'm only hazarding a guess , you realize that , but might it be that they want you to get them out here again ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And when you locked up after you , how certain could you be that there was no one here , perhaps hidden ? |
| 4 | Or could it be that one was from March 24–26 and the other from April 6–9 when politicians of all parties confidently expect to have other things on their minds ? |
| 5 | Could it be that what he was feeling was a kind of envy , in the sense that he 'd brought her here , to a place that he felt he 'd made his own , and in a matter of weeks she 'd already grown closer to it than he could ever hope to be ? |
| 6 | Could it be that her mother sent her there with a hot pie or pasty for her father ? |
| 7 | Without revealing the reason why they are rowing , but could it be that her actor husband is a Glen-man and she is ‘ rubbing it in ’ by wearing the tee-shirt around the house to celebrate Linfield winning the Irish League Championship this season ! |
| 8 | Could it be that we just select randomly , in free variation , perhaps to add a little variety for its own sake ? |
| 9 | Could it be that we encourage more of the public to buy books ? |
| 10 | Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ? |
| 11 | who else could it be that we know , you know ? |
| 12 | Could it be that they are discriminating unfairly against a gipsy family ? |
| 13 | Could it be that they do not have the stomach for the hard grind which seems to be necessary to pick up those all important computer points ? |
| 14 | Could it be that 't is not the younger prince who has stolen her heart ? |
| 15 | Could it be that our assumption that matter and energy are returned to the Universe in discrete regions is wrong , that in fact they are returned piecemeal all over the Universe ? |
| 16 | Could it be that someone had an interest in keeping it alive ? |
| 17 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |
| 18 | ‘ Could it be that your machine is due a jolly good clean and ‘ MOT ’ to make sure everything is in good working order before you start your Christmas rush ? ’ |
| 19 | Could it be that your success may remove much of the justification for their having done nothing , often for many years ? |
| 20 | Miss Anderson : ‘ Could it be that your uncle never did bad things to you ? ’ , she replied : ‘ I do n't know . |
| 21 | Could it be that there was then more racism in the art world , and that Black artists were being squeezed out at just the time when young working-class artists from the British provinces were finding unprecedented and immediate public fortune ? |
| 22 | Could it be that there is a nip in the air ? |
| 23 | Could it be that there are many doctors not working because even in general practice part time opportunities are sparse ? |
| 24 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 25 | With stress on ‘ comes ’ , could it be that she gets a lift back ? |
| 26 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 27 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
| 28 | Could it be that he and the king his brother hear Mass at St. Peter ad Vincula , the chapel outside the White Tower ? ’ |
| 29 | Could it be that he was aware of Van Butchell 's intentions and saw this as a means of bringing his technique to the notice of the public , being able , at the same time , to lay any charge of indecency at Van Butchell 's door , if it arose ? |
| 30 | Could it be that he 'd resented Doreen 's attack on herself ? |