Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [modal v] [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 You and me would be a team , Stan .
2 ‘ That may be pure coincidence , of course , and I may be a sceptic . ’
3 If that 's being an idiot then I guess I 'm an idiot , and I 'll be a happy idiot because I like travelling light and having fun .
4 I 'll work and I 'll be no trouble . ’
5 James : ‘ You be the leader in front and I 'll be the leader behind . ’
6 er and I 'll be the first to recognize that and this was just a sort of the ball park stats that you were looking for .
7 ‘ I tell you what — you be beauty and I 'll be the beast ! ’
8 ‘ You be Butch Cassidy and I 'll be the Sundance Kid . ’
9 Yeah , and I 'll be the clarinet and a oh ! .
10 And I would be the last person to advocate that we follow the American practice of litigation er to the extremes that they pursue it in the States .
11 And I might be a gain , ’ Daniel said , ‘ if you would let me . ’
12 And you and I might be the only ones between your friend and the bullet .
13 ‘ Behold , thou hast driven me this day away from the ground ; and from thy face I shall be hidden ; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth and whoever finds me will slay me . ’
14 Castro 's next move , designed to convince the Soviet leaders of his personal reliability , was his famous declaration of 1 December 1961 that ‘ I am a Marxist-Leninist , and I shall be a Marxist-Leninist until the last day of my life ’ ( a statement which was reported in full in the Soviet press ) .
15 I 'm twenty , and I shall be a fully trained nurse in just over a year , and I 'm not as innocent as you seem to imagine .
16 My mother was fond of her and I shall be every whit as fond .
17 Belle and I floored another hen betwixt the pair of us , and I shall be no sooner done with the present writing racket than I shall put myself outside a pint of Guinness .
18 ‘ And because he 'll be rich , and I shall be the most important woman for miles around . ’
19 Maybe we could join the fair folk … prizefighting for thee and I 'd be a tumbler .
20 I 'd have found some boring ordinary job and paid off the cops and you 'd have your new crystal and I 'd never have met Marco and his pals and I 'd be a happier woman today .
21 Shaking her head , she said , ‘ Richard would never take the risk , and I 'd be a fool to even consider it . ’
22 Apart from anything else , this project is worth a great deal financially and I 'd be a fool to myself if I forfeited it just because the client is an obnoxious , egotistical swine .
23 and I must be a winter tree
24 ‘ The story has to be finished , and I must be the one to finish it . ’
25 He can do whatever he likes , and I will be a slave the rest of my life .
26 But for that I need Wealth , O Lord , I confess it : without it I am worthless ; just let me get my hands on it and I will be an ornament to Your name . ’
27 As Michael Stipe sang on ‘ World Leader Pretend ’ , ‘ I built this wall , and I will be the one to knock it down ’ .
28 Whatever ramblers may think of mountain bikers ( and I will be the first to admit that they can occasionally be annoying ) , the fact is that they are mostly young people , enjoying the countryside , keeping fit and getting fresh air , which is surely something we all subscribe to .
29 He liked to talk about China and I could be a good listener when interested .
30 ‘ Not yet , maybe , but a couple of weeks of unbridled gluttony with the sort of food they serve here , and I could be a serious candidate !
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