Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [be] " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 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 .
32 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 .
33 I tell you what it could be is that cos you got ta know that C D's use laser to read it
34 They 're asking what the noise could be who it could be were the guards coming for them ?
35 This was a this was plastered so it 'd be be a ni nice inside wall for inside of the vestry .
36 The possessed woman , like her bewitched counterpart , becomes the immediate centre of attention and care , and although she exerts pressure upon her spouse the latter is not assailed as radically as he would be were he accused of being a witch .
37 ‘ If and when I make love to you , the last thing it will be is ‘ casual sex ’ . ’
38 It will be were n't it ?
39 That the aggregate wealth of society is as high as it can be is of no moral value in itself ; what counts is the effect of increases in total wealth on the welfare of the individuals who make up society .
40 There 's nobody else it can be is there ?
  Previous page   Next page