Example sentences of "maybe [pers pn] be the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities . |
| 2 | in al any all of that , maybe they are the saviours of the world for all we know , the Greenpeace people . |
| 3 | Maybe it 's the threat of her crutches that is helping the decision makers sign . |
| 4 | Maybe it 's the smell of that frying grease all day . |
| 5 | I do n't know , maybe it 's the custom over here ? ’ |
| 6 | Speculation — and that 's all it is — says maybe it 's the scalability of the software that 's holding back going to all twenty engines : Sun promises system software will improve by release date . |
| 7 | Maybe it 's the light in this train . |
| 8 | Maybe it is the jubilation of a triumphant hunter . |
| 9 | Maybe it was the opposite at the time . |
| 10 | Maybe it was the forthcoming U.S. date(s) that inspired them , maybe it was the smell of money but on December 10 Rough Trade made an error by issuing a New York dance mix version of ‘ This Charming Man ’ . |
| 11 | Maybe it was the hardship in the mountains . |
| 12 | maybe it was the battle of the Somme , I do n't remember , but I remember I had to go carrying the basket , and mother would go and call on these poor people who had lost their their families . |
| 13 | Maybe it was the thought of the mountain pigs . |
| 14 | Perhaps the toner fluid intoxicated her — there were over a hundred sheets to copy — or maybe it was the lack of air in the photocopying room , but after we had done and she had commented favourably on the comprehensive and detailed nature of the notes , she asked me to go out with her . |
| 15 | Maybe it was the emptiness of the land that attracted them : there were no reptiles , birds or mammals so it was a comparatively safe place for them . |
| 16 | Maybe it was the power of the past , maybe it had to do with bonds of fear and guilt . |
| 17 | Maybe it was the fear of going anywhere near the angst-ridden territory so comprehensively covered by The Smiths , maybe it was the fact that being stoned out of your mind was suddenly fashionable again — but neither the baggy bunch nor the floppy-fringed waifs who enjoyed the post-Madchester plaudits came anywhere near the kind of emotional rush peddled by Morrissey 's men . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe he is the father of our country , ’ says Kris Kristofferson . |
| 19 | Maybe he was the sort of guy who pushes VW Golfs off hills in the middle of the night . |