Example sentences of "[adv] it [modal v] be [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it would be lenders who would gain from credit insurance ( and , in particular , from an efficient low-cost insurance scheme which would not seem to their customers to innate their credit payments unduly ) . |
| 2 | D'Arcy said : ‘ Normally it could be months . |
| 3 | It began to be a test — the test — of whether he could still live with himself once the months ( but probably it would be years ) of imprisonment were over . |
| 4 | But I must admit I have n't seen an I have n't seen , you know it 's years well it 'll be years |
| 5 | That is um when sexually transmitted diseases turned up in children , well it must be towels , it must be toilets , it must be clothes , bed linen erm , this is where the infection 's come from apparently . |
| 6 | When I leave here it will be feet first ! |
| 7 | But maybe it would be years before the Gunmint bothered to tell it to do anything . |
| 8 | I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning ! |
| 9 | " The prevailing view of the British public is likely to be that , if there is to be a choice between seals and fishermen , then it should be seals " , said Goodlad . |
| 10 | Again it may be chemicals produced by the brain which affect our moods , such as serotonin and endorphins , at work in these extreme cases . |
| 11 | Others such as geologists or naturalists may be able to collect that information much more rapidly , but again it may be years before it can be used to produce a theory of evolution . |