Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [modal v] [be] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I knew just where you 'd be and how you 'd be lying . ’ |
| 2 | And oh , the frustration that can build up in our lives as Christians because we are not where we should be or doing what God purposes for us ! |
| 3 | Wycliffe brooded ; he felt restless and frustrated , unable to make up his mind where he should be or what he should be doing . |
| 4 | So I might be showing myself doing worst than I should be but , look , my actual come out about the same and so when I compare my actual with my planned , I get er , an answer which should approach one . |
| 5 | And your Annie , if all tales are true , she 's got a relative that 's no better than she should be an' livin' nicely on it . |
| 6 | The auto gearbox refuses to take the revcounter needle anywhere near the red line ( and that 's set only at 4500rpm ) , which means the chances of kicking down into a lower gear are limited , making A-road overtaking manoeuvres more ponderous than they should be and knocking a substantial hole in the cruising speed when you meet a hill . |
| 7 | The price at which timber for building is bought has been higher than it need be and the amount much smaller for two reasons : Government buying and Government decisions . |
| 8 | So the box is lighter than it should be and the price the consumer pays is too low . |
| 9 | This can mean that a subscriber can be charged far more than he should be and I gather that some regions even add in the hours that trainee engineers work as well . |
| 10 | Whether they should be or not , accountants need to give careful consideration to the impact that a cost-leadership strategy would have on their practices . |
| 11 | I did n't know whether it would be but I thought , well you could go down and change it . |
| 12 | She had thanked me for ‘ the deep and exhaustive treatment ’ , and added characteristically : ‘ I can not help being pleased — grateful though I should be and am to her in a way — for Pamela Handford [ sic ] Johnson 's errors to be pointed out . |
| 13 | The house band and the musical instruments he gathers together here — drawn variously from the ranks of primitive innovator Harry Partch and his disciple Tom Waits — are as far from normal as you can get , as far from easy listening as you could be and go right to the psychic core of the Mingus muse . |
| 14 | But after you reach a certain stage in life — I 'd put it somewhere between forty-five and fifty-five — you suddenly feel you are as secure as you can be and you really ought to give something back to society . |
| 15 | And be pretty sure we 're not as efficient as we sh as we should be and I 'm not just talking about |
| 16 | Towards the end of the era , in fact , the attendants in the salons of homage became alert to the fact that among their few Western visitors , the majority were not as in awe of the Conducator as they might be and photographing the exhibits or taking notes of the sycophantic citations attached to the awards by their Western donors was discouraged . |
| 17 | But when Saturdays come and the pressure is on you can see that some players are not as confident as they should be and that 's probably our main problem . ’ |
| 18 | The practical result of this is that when we study the individual child we see a succession of stages of development which from the point of view of the id are just as they should be and — because the id is the oldest , most fundamental and , from the point of view of the instinctual drives which originate it , the most important agency — are just what they should be . |
| 19 | For parents , this world-view may not be ‘ philosophical ’ in the sense of something that is calculated , worked out and argued , though it can be and often is . |
| 20 | Though the outlook for the UK is not as bright as it might be and the US is likely to take a knock from an end of price discounting in the car market , Europe looks set to turn in another strong performance . |
| 21 | Though the outlook for the UK is not as bright as it might be and the US is likely to take a knock from an end of price discounting in the car market , Europe looks set to turn in another strong performance . |
| 22 | The actual quality in the , in the er print the sharpness , er that sort of thing , is perhaps not quite as good as it should be but I still , an eight for that one . |
| 23 | Life is rarely as it should be and , given that Bowe ran scared of him , the WBC belt fits just right . |
| 24 | The silk shawl she draped over her shoulders winter and summer was in place ; her mother of pearl brooch was at her neck as it should be and her shoes were shining as immaculately as ever . |
| 25 | His body was not as solid and stable as it should be and he was frequently off-line by a few degrees . |
| 26 | She feels the DoH guidance is not as detailed as it should be and , to some degree , is misleading . |
| 27 | We try and make everything as good as it can be and I write guitar lines that will be heard . |
| 28 | The defence of consent can obviously not be pleaded as it can be and generally is for rape . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's not as aggressive as he might be but that could come , and he has more skill and speed than someone like John Fashanu , who plays an intimidating game . |