Example sentences of "they [modal v] be on " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yeah well there 's a problem with that because they might be on different project number mighten they ? |
| 32 | But although increases in pay have tailed off , Mr Page said : ‘ Professional firms are not as aggressive as they could be on cutting salaries . |
| 33 | If everything tumbled into place there was just a chance that they could be on the same ferry as the Renault , at 1330 hours the next day . |
| 34 | So to be able to the sweepstake in the past another church and they could be , they could be on the interest you know , the amount towards running costs such as this . |
| 35 | They could be on their dinner . |
| 36 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 37 | They 'd be on their back in no time . |
| 38 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
| 39 | They 'd be on cup three or four amid the toast fragments , still relaxed but just beginning to wake up to the day 's promise , when Mrs Goreng and myself would join them for what was left of the luke-warm coffee . |
| 40 | They 'd be they 'd be on their way If they were going to Ireland , they 'd be a a a well away from St Patrick would n't they ? |
| 41 | ‘ They 'd be on foot if they were looking for you , I think , but perhaps ‘ t would be safer to get behind the counter . |
| 42 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
| 43 | They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan . |
| 44 | they they 'd be on a farm if he wants . |
| 45 | Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ . |
| 46 | They would be on army pay , but I would be in command . |
| 47 | As a couple , they appear as ‘ babes in the wood ’ , helpless and hopeless together as they would be on their own , beset by the awfulness of everyone else . |
| 48 | As soon as Dennis arrived , she would bandage him up and they would be on their way by five thirty . |
| 49 | That way , they would know exactly where they were , and this time , if they turned right , then right again , they would be on course for the station . |
| 50 | They would be on the same corridor as him in the Embassy 's accommodation annexe , and later they would talk through the case history together . |
| 51 | And although subsequent reviews found it thoroughly sane and quite uncontroversial , clerics of the Church of England publicly announced that they would be on standby alert to deal with any members of their congregation upset by the programmes . |
| 52 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
| 53 | Following the judgement , it was clear to anyone concerned to suppress publication of the Diaries , or any part of them , that they would be on an impossibly bad wicket . |
| 54 | They would be on their backs , legs in the air and their bellies all blown up . |
| 55 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , braking and getting out — at least they would be on the same level then , instead of her being ten frigid feet tall and him crouching six inches high in the driving seat of his car — ‘ about last night … ’ |
| 56 | The planes were already warming up ; it was a short flight , only thirty miles ; with luck they would be on patrol again that afternoon . |
| 57 | In Hungary the roads improved and from Vienna they would be on motorways all the way to the Channel . |
| 58 | They would be on college property , and that was somehow different — not like breaking into a stranger 's house in the outside world . |
| 59 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 60 | Claims to privilege are the same as they would be on ordinary discovery . |