Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am very honoured as Rector to be associated with this great University and hope that during my period of office should you decide to come here , that I may be of assistance to you during that time . |
| 2 | I 've come to see if I may be of use . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I may be in tears , ’ said Henry , ‘ I may just … you know … blub ! ’ |
| 4 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 5 | My father may well wish for me a second marriage , and to that end I must be at offer soon , and with a proper dowry . |
| 6 | ‘ I must be off home . |
| 7 | Unless your father wishes to detain me , I must be in Nanking three hours from now to meet Major Karr . ’ |
| 8 | I think truly , he thinks I must be in love with him , and he does n't want to complicate things . " |
| 9 | I think I must be in love . |
| 10 | I thought by now I should be at home , I thought by now I should have secured peace , or died honourably in the attempt . |
| 11 | had something else that I was just doing and I thought Oh I should be at Ian 's for five o'clock . |
| 12 | I should be off Tuesday , Wednesday |
| 13 | I replied at once to say that I should be in London shortly and suggested a meeting on Thursday , 14 May . |
| 14 | Gently advised that he should n't be there the sunbather retorted , ‘ You 're right , I should be in Malaga ’ . |
| 15 | I should be in life class . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm in training and I should be in bed now . |
| 17 | I should be in England by the summer of that year at the latest . |
| 18 | ‘ I should be in Geneva now … |
| 19 | I should be in Ken Hurren 's office , not here — I should be turning over my findings to Security . |
| 20 | I know , he 's , it 's like a claim to I should be in charge . |
| 21 | I might be on shift work . |
| 22 | I might be there or I might be with Roy , I do n't know . |
| 23 | If Mrs Marr had by any chance returned , I might be of use . ’ |
| 24 | If half the things I 've done became public , I might be behind bars now . |
| 25 | Dear me , thought Franca , then perhaps I might be in danger of actually becoming as saintly as I seem ! |
| 26 | Er so I might be in touch with you after that . |
| 27 | Doreen 's chin rose as she declared with confidence , ‘ Of course I 'll be with Silas . |
| 28 | I 'll be with Lucy . ’ |
| 29 | Something that if ever , ever sorted out the bleeper hopefully in future I 'll be on bleeper , and then if that sort of thing happens |
| 30 | Since I 'll be on call anyway , it would seem more sensible for me to fill both roles . ’ |