Example sentences of "he [modal v] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His abiding concern is his farm and if you can convince him that you can efficiently dispose of the rabbits on his property he may be more than pleased to welcome you . |
| 2 | He should be that lot three anyway . |
| 3 | Should they try anything he should be more than capable of dealing with them . |
| 4 | ‘ He must be some kind of animal . ’ |
| 5 | But , throughout it all we see Jesus as not just a teacher , he must be more than that . |
| 6 | He 'll be all yours . ’ |
| 7 | Moss says he 'll be more than happy if Tivoli can grab up to 50% of an enlarged market . |
| 8 | Moss says he 'll be more than happy if Tivoli can take 50% of an enlarged market . |
| 9 | Do you think he 'll be any better ? |
| 10 | He might be all the rotters of the universe , but he had a gentle , magical touch with the child . |
| 11 | Yes , he might be a useful contact but somehow she sensed he might be more trouble than he was worth . |
| 12 | Then you had to sit there and the sergeant would say , ‘ Fall in , ’ and you 'd fall into line , ‘ Section correct , sir , ’ and he might be another ten minutes before he decided to say , ‘ Dismiss ! ’ and by then you 'd lost an hour . |
| 13 | He might be another one of them from the er from the council . |
| 14 | We believe he could be more than this . |
| 15 | I had n't thought he 'd be all that bright at the bogeyman stuff . ’ |
| 16 | Patrick landed across a rock , and lucky for him the ride was in to break his fall or it 's crippled he 'd be this minute . |
| 17 | Muddy was one of the nicest people I 've ever met and yet you would n't guess that he would be such a sweet guy . |
| 18 | She might have known he would be less than helpful . |
| 19 | Liza could only suppose that , with her husband 's mechanical knowledge , the powers that be had woken up to the fact that he would be more than useful in what she referred to as ‘ an active capacity ’ . |
| 20 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 21 | He then remembered that he was on duty and said he would be more than willing for Harry to borrow his car . |
| 22 | You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name . |
| 23 | There , he would be another old person elbowed and nudged by the hordes in their restive wildebeest migration in search of gratification . |
| 24 | Were it not for his defeat by Country Member at the same course in February , he would be half his present odds . |
| 25 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 26 | In the office , he can be such a hard taskmaster that his closest aide , Gabriella Forte , describes his attitude before each new collection as a ‘ rape of the staff ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ When he 's nice he can be that way , ’ Mona looked up gravely from her school work . |