Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] the other " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be on the other ones . |
| 2 | I might be in the other car . ’ |
| 3 | It might be in the other room actually . |
| 4 | It could be on the other side of the island or asleep or waiting to leap out the water and swallow them whole . |
| 5 | ‘ Could be at the other end . |
| 6 | but you 've got to find the place there it could be at the other end a mile away could n't it ? |
| 7 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 8 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
| 9 | ‘ I think that the boot may be on the other leg ! ’ |
| 10 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 11 | ‘ He may be on the other team . |
| 12 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 13 | It felt as if she was facing death : what would be on the other side ? |
| 14 | If he was going to be late on parade — 3 p.m. , he 'd promised every pressure would be on the other two group leaders , Sheila Williams and Cedric Downes , to keep the tourists adequately amused by each of them shouldering an extra responsibility . |
| 15 | Clearly the most drastic punishment for a firm that has reneged on the collusive agreement would be for the other firms to force it to its security level , either forever or for some specified number of time periods . |
| 16 | She continued : ‘ My kitchen would be in the other … what a luxury to be in my mother and able to look outside … ! |
| 17 | Torquay , though , can now look forward to their home tie against West Ham when the seven-league boot will be on the other foot . |
| 18 | As we all know , it is a matter of only a few weeks before the joyous day when the boot will be on the other foot and the right hon. Gentleman will be sitting on the Opposition Front Bench making speeches on timetable motions . |
| 19 | An international canoeing area with a 460-metre white-water slalom course will be on the other side of the barrage . |
| 20 | WHEN engineers working for the Tokyo gas company , get a telephone call in the middle of the night , the chances are that a computer will be at the other end . |
| 21 | Portadown will have to wait and see who their opponents will be as the other all-Dublin semi between Old Alexandra and Loreto ended scoreless after extra time . |
| 22 | Erm I do n't know what the situation will be in the other churches . |
| 23 | Next time you get a letter from me it will be from the other side of the world . |