Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might not be able to afford all the appliances you would like from the start , but if you think you will need them and will be able to afford them later you must leave the space and supply utilities for them . |
| 2 | The adult you — the one watching the film — would know perfectly well that the fall had hurt and distressed you and would be able to say so . |
| 3 | The lady Anne has talked of little else since she met you and would be overjoyed , I know , were you able in due course to come and live with us . |
| 4 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |
| 5 | And if there 's something about him that would be useful if I knew , please will he tell you , to tell me . ’ |
| 6 | Tell him that could be good . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ What you should want to pursue him for might be different from what I would pursue him for . ’ |
| 10 | The first form talked about it more than any one else , of course they squealed with laughter when they saw the poor Mary Lou Manselle and Gwendoline , all falling victims to the same spider , jolly clever spider said Irene , it means the only three people in the form that it that would be scared of it , I take my hat off to that spider , ca n't think why it chose my desk said Mary Lou , no , that was a shame said Gwendoline , poor Mary Lou it must of been an awful shock for you when you saw it , I wonder who put it there ? |
| 11 | No Government can do so because — and here the argument extends Professor Joan Robinson 's — as monopolistic suppliers of labour trade unions will charge more for it than would be necessary to exhaust the supply , and supply less of it than would be supplied if there were perfect competition . |
| 12 | That missing report has been put round the table this morning and I hope that members of the committee would have found it and would be able to add it to that |
| 13 | It had not been contended in the course of the case that there was not a sale , until during the debate in your Lordships ' House that suggestion was made , and I think that , beyond doubt , anyone , who in answer to the advertisement acquired a record , would say that he had bought it and would be surprised that any doubt should be cast upon what he regarded as an obvious fact . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |