Example sentences of "be [Wh adv] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alain had not allowed her to be where he would have to talk to her . |
| 2 | He wanted them to be where he could visualize them . |
| 3 | Where there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has information about the child 's whereabouts he may be ordered to disclose it ( s95(6) ) . |
| 4 | If Ms Twelves is an image of the past that Mr Kinnock wants London to forget , the Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson is how he would prefer Labour to look . |
| 5 | That is how he may see himself operating as Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor , but it is not how this Government 's Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor operate . |
| 6 | Even at the time of his admission and immediately prior to surgery when he has been given a great deal of information , his overriding concern is how he will cope with a stoma and whether he will be able to manage at home . |
| 7 | But more important is how he will use them . |
| 8 | He 's seen the film 36 times already , and all I can get out of him is how he should have had the part . |
| 9 | That 's how he 'll always be . |
| 10 | ‘ At the end of a rope , that 's how he 'll end , ’ said an ancient granny . |
| 11 | If things had been otherwise , perhaps that 's how he would have liked to hear of his son 's death . |
| 12 | Erm and then he 's talking , he 's going on to education which er obviously at this time he would think is very important erm because that 's how he would start the revolution , you know , i in the first place . |
| 13 | When the cards were , from the er , the workshop would come in which the lads had done their work , I mean , one of them , I know dear old Pete , in particular , he 'd write for crome , C R double O M , because that 's how he 'd say it . |
| 14 | That 's how he used to talk . |
| 15 | I think that 's when he must have deposited those items in the safety box . ’ |
| 16 | What it says is Man deþ swá hé byþ þonne hé mót swá hé wile , ‘ Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes ’ , or more colloquially ‘ you show what you 're like when you can do what you like ’ . |
| 17 | Unlike Mr Major , Mr Hurd is an experienced former diplomat and a Foreign Office Minister of State who has sounded made-for-the-job since day one , which is why he would probably not have got it but for the Lawson affair . |
| 18 | Unlike Mr Major , Mr Hurd is an experienced former diplomat and a Foreign Office Minister of State who has sounded made-for-the-job since day one , which is why he would probably not have got it but for the Lawson affair . |
| 19 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |
| 20 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
| 21 | What astonishes Howard , though , is why he should be allowed to be who he is , and live in such a perfectly organized society . |
| 22 | That is why he can not rest there . |
| 23 | That is why he will come . ’ |
| 24 | He would have lain down and been rolled over and that is why he must never be Prime Minister . |
| 25 | The first is where he can plead non est factum . |
| 26 | But , that niggle aside , London is where he will remain for the foreseeable future . |
| 27 | We do n't want him grandma that 's why he ca n't get |
| 28 | That 's why he 'll live . |
| 29 | That 's why he 'll join you over I mean , he 'll be leaving it on to get ready to go |
| 30 | That 's why he could be there . ’ |