Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I mean , I should be back for half past two . |
| 2 | Manufacturers publish tables showing the different sizes of guttering which should be used for different sizes of house but , as a rule of thumb , 100mm ( 4in ) or 112mm ( 4½in ) guttering with 68 or 69mm ( 2¾in ) downpipe , which will cope with 110 sq m of effective roof with a central downpipe ( or 55 sq m with an end pipe ) , should be enough for all but the largest houses . |
| 3 | The worksheets themselves are organized into Notebooks which contain 257 pages each ( which should be enough for most mortals ) . |
| 4 | But the five free 16-bit slots should be enough for most people . |
| 5 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 6 | At the current rate of use of some 1.5 x 10 12 cubic metres per year , this should be enough for another 50 years or so . |
| 7 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 8 | Watching him , Polly saw his jaw tighten , but all he said was , ‘ It looks as if we might be in for another blow . ’ |
| 9 | I think that with John Maynard-Smith around — and I hope he 'll be around for some time yet in the University of Sussex , and I hope the University of Sussex will be too |
| 10 | Oh yeah , she 'll be here for half past one . |
| 11 | ‘ Rourke is going to the Brooksby plant , and I 'll be out for some time , so I wondered if you could come over and help Becky out with the computer ? |
| 12 | I 'll be back for that . |
| 13 | that 's why some come of course to seek their fortune … they may go home with empty pockets but you can bet they 'll be back for another night at the gryehounds … for another night of fun |
| 14 | But it 's a ten past ten flight , I 'll be left by half past nine so I 'll be there for half an hour |
| 15 | ’ He could be here for any number of reasons … ’ |
| 16 | We could be in for another round of musical manager 's chairs |
| 17 | So it seems Wimbledon , who have cashed in on £12 million of talent since winning the FA Cup in l988 , could be in for more money . |
| 18 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 19 | THE ‘ Antiques Roadshow ’ may be over for another year but the affection for collectibles continues with bargains still being unearthed in the most unusual of places . |
| 20 | Well , the Gold Cup meeting may be over for another year , but two of the most popular racehorses for decades were back at Cheltenham today to compete against each other for charity . |
| 21 | It may be preferably for any payments to be payable to the purchaser and to be stated to be adjustments to the purchase price . |
| 22 | AGONY Aunt Marje Proops , who confessed to an adulterous 30-year affair with a bachelor lawyer , may be in for more agony still . |
| 23 | This may be so for some cultures where the taboos of the kind mentioned by Freud exist , but it can not account for all the taboos and rites surrounding the dead in cultures where the dead are seen as more friendly . |
| 24 | Would be away for some weeks . |
| 25 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 26 | It would take most of the silver he had on him and that would be just for half an ounce of what was needed . |
| 27 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 28 | As his firm , predatory fingers stroked her body , following her soft curves with a barely restrained urgency , she wondered if it would be enough for either of them if she were to withdraw now from their headlong fall into physical ecstasy . |
| 29 | That would be enough for most people , but in October South Africa play nine matches in France and follow that with four matches in England . |
| 30 | Just the achievement of finishing a triathlon , let alone managing to win one , would be enough for most athletes , but not this one . |