Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have just uttered the words ‘ May I be struck by lightning this minute ’ . |
| 2 | May I be introduced to the others ? ’ |
| 3 | Why should I be debarred from a career in an area that interests me just because you 're a Grand Prix driver ? ’ |
| 4 | Why , then , should I be moved by cold or a stomach cramp ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why should I be penalised for helping someone in trouble ? |
| 6 | such informational helps the likes of Sainsbury , Tesco and Procter & Gamble to answer questions such as ‘ Should I be represented in that local market , given its size and quality ? ’ , |
| 7 | ‘ Why should I be punished for what Jason Prior 's tried to do to me — ? ’ |
| 8 | He foresaw ‘ the many hardships , miseries and wants that my poor family was like to meet with … should I be taken from them , especially my poor blind child … . |
| 9 | However , should you be called upon to speak at a grand , formal wedding you may feel that a more erudite speech is required . |
| 10 | Should you be tempted by Lot 160 : ‘ Titanic , a brass lettered railway-style nameplate — £300/350 ’ , then you can put it on your mantelpiece , not the bank vault . |
| 11 | Erm you are of equal management status your abilities are the same erm why should you be differentiated from him . |
| 12 | You should do the same should you be stung in the mouth by a bee or a wasp . |
| 13 | The Company will indemnify your next of kin for travelling expenses incurred necessarily in visiting you should you be confined to hospital as a direct result of an accident sustained whilst engaged on Company business . |
| 14 | Nor should you be disconnected for a debt owed by a previously registered consumer , but you must have made proper arrangements with the fuel boards to take over the supply . |
| 15 | Why should she be troubled by the mere sight of him ? |
| 16 | And finally , was she perhaps being judged by the inherent quality of the coat-hanger itself out of which her creation was made ; and if so why should she be judged by the quality of the coat-hangers on which garments are returned by the laundry her parents patronize — since that 's their responsibility should n't they share her grade ? |
| 17 | Why should she be found in the Alexander Palace ? |
| 18 | Just as surely God desires to lead us to a knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship , so surely must we be overwhelmed by a great general disillusionment with others , with Christians in general , and , if we are fortunate , with ourselves . |
| 19 | We all like to save money but should we be governed by cost alone ? |
| 20 | Why should we be ruled by a foreigner ? ’ |
| 21 | It depended on our signing indemnity waivers , freeing the military authorities from responsibility should we be blown to smithereens by the unexploded shells then deemed to be scattered freely across both Range West and Range East . |
| 22 | Right why should we be bothered about protectionism y'know why is G A T so important presumably there must be gainers as well as losers from protectionism so the gainers and the losers domestic farmers gainers or losers ? |
| 23 | Should they be seen as the overall enforcers of the regulations , or should they merely be ombudsmen or watchdogs that only act on customer complaints ? |
| 24 | Many look upon them as an opportunity to put training into practice , or as a means of getting their first introduction to the tasks that will face them should they be posted to Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | They pay in six per cent of their salary , why should they be debarred from saying that they own part of those funds . |
| 26 | Again , they need a proper descriptive and classificatory system , but this is not something that comes within the scope of this course , nor in my opinion should they be regarded as components of intonation . |
| 27 | I need to be advised on what to do with the existing indexing services — should they be integrated with BG-BASE fields or with the Library system ? |
| 28 | Should they be recorded at the original historical cost , or should they be recorded at the current replacement cost ? |
| 29 | Should they be recorded at the original historical cost , or should they be recorded at the current replacement cost ? |
| 30 | It is a wise precaution for them to carry conventional insulins and have a regimen organised should they be troubled by pump failure . |