Example sentences of "there [modal v] [adv] be [art] england " in BNC.
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1 | The popular songs of the day encapsulated perfectly its mood — patriotism , courage , facile optimism masking anxiety and heartache : ‘ Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer ’ ; ‘ There 'll Always be an England ’ ( even the Scots seemed not to mind this ! ) ; |
2 | ‘ We 'll never give in ! ’ said Our Gracie , and led the auditorium audience of 10,000 in several rousing verses of ‘ Land of Hope and Glory ’ and ‘ There 'll Always Be An England ’ . |
3 | My memories of that event are hazy but I felt that I should have somehow or other done something , crawled about the burning ground with my leg hanging off singing ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and waving a tattered Union Jack over the hedge in defiance . |
4 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
5 | When Germans appeared on the west dockside , Bob Burtenshaw — still humming ‘ There 'll always be an England … ’ ran at them firing his pistol , despite his wounds . |
6 | And then the war ended , and Vera Lyn sang ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ on the wireless . |
7 | Sentimentality says that there will always be an England Church , and though you personally do n't do anything about or believe in it , it 's nice that someone does . |