Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] our [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be good business for Mercury , British Telecom and the Post Office , because we shall keep them busy when we are trying to sort out which tier of government we should be addressing our thoughts to on behalf of our constituents . |
| 2 | ‘ To make full use of it we should be publishing our books in the world 's biggest English language market . ’ |
| 3 | IT 'S the economy we should be bashing our brains about . |
| 4 | But at the end of the day , there simply is no point in punishing criminals if you ca n't catch them , and I think it is absolutely critical that we should be devoting our attention er , to policing that catches criminals and prevents crime , and I entirely support the , the points just made about the er , initiatives within the community particularly in the schools , because I think it is absolutely critical that we er , promote a society where crime should not pay . |
| 5 | No-one would maintain , however , that those of us who are unable to contribute economically to society through no fault of our own , should be denied our rights to live in society and derive its benefits . |
| 6 | He and I should be hiding our heads perhaps , but not you . ’ |
| 7 | Well I would , I would just like to draw the distinction between value added and other considerations , and what will create high pay , and giving high value added per employee , and that 's really where we should be directing our efforts . |
| 8 | But look around you — at your own class — the next rally you attend , the Annual Reunion and judge for yourself where we should be directing our efforts . |
| 9 | Hell , bands should be challenging our tolerance and expectations of how they should sound and behave , but there must be better ways than this drama-school drop-out , turgid , clumsy , aimless artwank that tip-toes far too close for comfort to being morally repugnant . |
| 10 | The aim , as Peter Hollins explains , ‘ must be to increase our level of performance to the point where , even if external factors turn against us still further , we will not only survive but prosper . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Must be coming our way , ’ Diane said . |
| 12 | You 'll be taking our dabs and turning over our drums next . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll be taking our computing skills and combining them with their pure environmental knowledge . |
| 14 | after , we 'll be wasting our time |
| 15 | Skipper David Graveney said : ‘ We 'll be finalising our plans in the next couple of weeks . ’ |
| 16 | She 's bound to be fussing with something or other when we arrive , and we 'll be twiddling our thumbs for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear . ’ |
| 17 | We 'll be sending our cameras along , and tonight we 're offering YOU the chance to win special tickets to be there as well . |
| 18 | Blimey , at this rate we 'll be having our dinner before we 've finished lunch . |
| 19 | We 'll be having our tea . |
| 20 | We 'll have three special reports on how child friendly we are and we 'll be announcing our Games Test winners . |
| 21 | We 'll be announcing our winner next week as a curtain-raiser to Age Concern Week . |
| 22 | Tomorrow night we 'll be laughin' our 'eads off about all this . ’ |
| 23 | But I ca n't help wondering what the owners do with all that spare time in the winter , when they could be making our sandwiches and drying off our boots by the fire . |
| 24 | We ca n't strike because we 'd be breaking our contracts , but I 'm sure not many want to stay . ’ |
| 25 | It may be to enrich our imaginings . |
| 26 | A solution to this problem would be to complement our study of village-based micro-processes with a study of the planners and the plan . |
| 27 | Er our intention would be to direct our advertising towards the natural fresh qualities of the product and the powerful lobby of the Greens . |
| 28 | By stabilising that part of the world , we would be making our contribution as a building block to better world monetary arrangements which will be important once the ecu is a means of exchange and a currency that can look the yen and the dollar in the face . |
| 29 | ‘ There is a path , but it would be playing our hand too early . |
| 30 | On the basis of this we would be allocated our postings with one of the Legion 's Regiments . |