Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [be] " in BNC.

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31 What the reader comes across are events , flashes , brief encounters , steps on a journey , though what the shape and direction of the journey itself might be is hard to say .
32 The first indication of how large or small the yield might be is when the first leaves and tendrils begin to appear , followed by embryo bunches of grapes .
33 How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south .
34 What the legal force and effect of any such directive might be is uncertain ; it is unclear whether health care staff are required to carry out the terms of the directive or whether those who act in good faith with the terms of the directive are immune from civil or criminal prosecution .
35 What the outcome of seeing him might be is beside the point ; I have become incapable of calculation .
36 I mean a hundred is probably big enough , twenty five might be is more or less big enough .
37 What disturbances there had been or might be were or would be caused entirely by ‘ a body of persons opposed to the religious views of … the Salvation Army ’ .
38 ‘ I found very questionable that it was no ( or little ) concern that investors ’ capital might be being eroded'
39 Where there is concern that students might be being exploited by Compact employers , the Compact Directors should raise the issue immediately with the organisation concerned .
40 Any idea what gas might be being produced ?
41 He thought he could hear voices now ; silvery , gentle voices , dark voices , that made you think you might be being watched .
42 A Scottish solicitor , George Hann , told the charity it might be being set up but he believes it reacted too slowly and as a result the fraudsters were able to escape .
43 ‘ Where I 'll be is right here in Liskeard , for the most part seated at this very desk . ’
44 so I says the only thing that 'll be is to er toast cheese on toast
45 With the Omni SQL Gateway that er you 'll be be able to access D B two data is that still going through the Open SQL Server or is that actually going D R D A or are there plans to go D R D A compliant ?
46 It 'll be be much more straightforward when they 've got the whole thing on the computer but at the moment it 's a transitional phase .
47 Taking this in the spirit in which it was written — as a joke — Mr Ford 's self-deprecation is admirable , but his limited understanding of what his role as an ex-president could be is appalling .
48 I tell you what it could be is that cos you got ta know that C D's use laser to read it
49 This could be is it , Meals on Wheels ?
50 Many people in Russell 's Water think they know what happened to Jim Eggleton , and think the killer could be being protected locally .
51 There had to be agencies and clinics that were competent to deal with drug abuse , while the best I could be was an enthusiastic amateur , and that was rarely good enough .
52 I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) .
53 Plans are far from fixed , but the replacement could be be Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC , since the Japanese firm has already reportedly pledged to buy $80m worth over the next three or four years .
54 Because I am I am beginning to think maybe they could be be erm game feature of the .
55 They 're asking what the noise could be who it could be were the guards coming for them ?
56 This was a this was plastered so it 'd be be a ni nice inside wall for inside of the vestry .
57 Well there 'd be be a squad of men working there , paid by the estate .
58 Today er on that job they 'd be be getting about three hundred .
59 So that she 'd be be she 'd be doing her baking during the day while we were at school .
60 How great the effect of the interfaces may be is shown by a famous experiment of Professor Orowan 's with mica .
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