Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they not all agreed when they left Ecalpemos and went their separate ways that it.was to be as if they had never met , known each other , lived together , that in future they must be strangers and more than strangers ? |
| 2 | It would nt hurt to say ‘ Yes I m sory to leave Leeds and the supporters behind … but the club needed the money and if I had to join another club it would be Blackburn ( and onto the usual bullshit ) ’ Fuck me even Cantona said something nice about us . |
| 3 | Phoebe was suddenly grateful for her mother 's calm and decision ; if anyone could get rid of the London fire brigade it would be Rachel . |
| 4 | In order for their agreement to have any effect it must be part of the contract . |
| 5 | But if I am to have a horse it must be Han Ch'in 's . |
| 6 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 7 | When such a large area reveals it has very few tall peaks then you can bet your last Mars Bar they 'll be stunners . |
| 8 | But at London Fox and the London Metal Exchange it will be business as usual . |
| 9 | Timing and service are chaotic , but since this raises wine consumption it may be policy . |
| 10 | Of course you 'd be panic stricken , your heart would be beating wildly , you would be sweating , shaking , feeling faint , and without a further thought you 'd be off like a shot . |
| 11 | If I wanted an easy job I 'd be Markie 's hairdresser , or for a demanding career how about Corky 's zit cream ? |
| 12 | " In a moment it will be time to give Mr Hopkins another half ounce of brandy , poor man , " sighed Miriam . |
| 13 | If anyone had the individual headhunting kudos to survive as a one-man band it would be priem or , of course , Roche . |
| 14 | But life with Thomas is n't just a merry-go-round it can be swings and roundabouts . |
| 15 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 16 | And of course we 'll be friends . |
| 17 | In which case we may be doser to him than we think . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ One day I 'll be King of England , ’ I replied . |
| 19 | ‘ When I was at school I had no idea that one day I 'd be captain of Yorkshire . |
| 20 | In arguing , in what follows , that surrealism also exemplifies de-differentiated signification I will be eo ipso arguing that surrealism exemplifies postmodernism . |
| 21 | ‘ Because you 're different and special , ’ his father replied , ‘ and one day you 'll be King . ’ |
| 22 | Lavender blue dilly dilly lavender green I am a king dilly dilly you shall be queen . |
| 23 | The Prince was deadly serious , emphasizing the earnestness of his proposal by reminding her that one day she would be queen . |
| 24 | On Saturday night she would be Jenny MacDonald . |
| 25 | Even if it was the day we 'd be sort of coming back |
| 26 | They must think , one day they may be parents . |
| 27 | the maker 's name it must be bedtime now Dick |
| 28 | One day he would be Head of his family-a powerful man , almost a god . |
| 29 | Li Yuan was her husband , and one day he would be T'ang . |
| 30 | In these early years the Reich Treasury was unwilling to offer any subsidy to the Danzig Party , presumably on the grounds that with such poor leadership it would be money wasted . |