Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nothing should be taken for granted . |
| 32 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 33 | I may be subdivided into three elements . |
| 34 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 35 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 36 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 37 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 38 | The person undertaking , if required to sign , states : " I understand the undertaking that I have given , and that if I break any of my promises to the court I may be sent to prison for contempt of court " . |
| 39 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 40 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 41 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 42 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 43 | I may be tempted towards didacticism , but this is n't an advice column . |
| 44 | Try and do the sums as it were and think it through , and if you do that , I think you 'll see that er , it does work out this way And of course , it gets er , even worse if you consider questions like relatedness through parents , because clearly I may be related to my mother 's sister 's children , my cousins , er no it 's actually nieces , because my mother and her sister share genes , but I 'm not er necessarily related erm in the same way , erm , through er , my father 's er relatives , for example , because although erm , because my er , my , my relationship between mother 's kin and my father 's kin is purely through marriage , so they have no joint genetic relatedness . |
| 45 | As as I see it er it 's and I I may be corrected on this , Professor Lock 's hypothesis is that we over-provide land and then limit release once an |
| 46 | If I read Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice and notice the anti-semitism which surrounds the character of Shylock , I may be bothered by it , even condemn Shakespeare for his anti-semitism . |
| 47 | Although I may be forced to . ’ |
| 48 | If you have information to sell , be so good as to state your price , that I may be left in privacy . |
| 49 | Someone may be referred to as mulish , a vixen , a shrew , dogged , cowed . |
| 50 | Oh , somethin' should be done with her . |
| 51 | He explained that first I must promise not to fight against Lilliput or hurt Lilliputians , and that I must be searched for weapons . |
| 52 | I realise I must be wanted by the police for Saul Judge 's death , but it was not murder . |
| 53 | ‘ I must be spared for a reason , ’ said Liam and began to chance his luck on the Stock Exchange on Wall Street . |
| 54 | But I must be guided by you , sir . ’ |
| 55 | I told myself , if there is any justice in the world I should be punished for it . |
| 56 | I did n't know if I should be flattered by the offer but I was most put out when my companion said : ‘ Throw in a goat and two carpets and she 's all yours ! ’ |
| 57 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 58 | I should be meant for : help , and company |
| 59 | ‘ Then it will have been you who decided I should be put in that small room next to your own . |
| 60 | I mean I should be finished in time for that weekend . |