Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] be [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll definitely be taking care this time , ’ said Martin , who was allowed out of hospital on Christmas Eve . |
| 2 | If this had n't happened , I 'd probably be teaching music . |
| 3 | Enya : ‘ If this had n't happened , I 'd probably be teaching music . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't be drinking lemonade for just any man , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I would not be giving evidence of bad faith by looking for an opt-out clause — and the reason is that , unlike the Prime Minister , I do not have to try to patch my party together . |
| 6 | I ca n't be doing groomsman . |
| 7 | My friends are still traumatised by the shock of passing over , but rest assured I shall soon be attempting communion with them . |
| 8 | I shall merely be requesting information about a taste which puzzles me , not demanding a further reason without which the whole string of answers will prove to be baseless . |
| 9 | Er I hope that makes the matter clear , because when we come to make a decision on this group of amendments , er when I er seek the opinion of the er Committee on my Amendment five , I shall only be seeking agreement to Amendment five and its related amendments er eight and eleven and if the Noble Lord , Lord er if , if the House were er to disagree with my Amendment or if it were to be withdrawn and the Noble Lord , Lord amendment were , were put , I think he would agree that it would only tha that that a decision by the Committee would only relate to the amendments in his name because we have in fact four alternatives before us which we are debating together . |
| 10 | I wo n't be playing squash with him for about another what , four or five days so it 's next Wednesday |
| 11 | I shall play no further part in this debate which should not be taking place . |
| 12 | He said that after 3 ½ years of competition between British Telecom and the Cable and Wireless subsidiary , Mercury Communications , it was time to survey customers ' experience and , if necessary , ‘ identify practices which might still be inhibiting competition ’ . |
| 13 | Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so . |
| 14 | When removed from the toy-town world of textbooks , information about investment and calculations based on an understanding of interest rates can be illuminating for the young mathematician who may also be studying geography , business studies or economics at school . |
| 15 | For example , the modern female hostage who falls in love with her captor may not merely be manifesting the well-known defence of ‘ identification with the aggressor ’ ( particularly since it is not so much identification with him as submission to him ) , she may instead be giving way to her phylogenetic id and its demand that a female captured by a male should look to him for sexual satisfaction . |
| 16 | ‘ Ben and I were sure that you must still be feeling jet lagged . |
| 17 | To do this you should always be looking upwind to spot the give-away dark furry patches on the water that mark their approach . |
| 18 | If you 're converting your loft , or want a fitted bedroom or bathroom , you 'll probably be making use of fibreboards in one shape or another . |
| 19 | You 'd simply be committing suicide : you 're either a killer or some fruitcake who thinks he 's a killer and neither wanted in today 's modern Army thank you . ’ |
| 20 | Or indeed , if the consequences of that particular policy decision is such that the erm , the revenue considerations were serious and improvable and in which case , you would not be deriving value for money , and I most certainly would have a comment to make . |
| 21 | Imagine yourself as an examiner working on a huge pile of scripts in pleasant summer weather when you would rather be playing tennis . |
| 22 | You , if you had something more to do , you would n't be cutting meat though ? |
| 23 | Imagine learning to water-ski on the sea with waves — you would n't be making life easy for yourself . |
| 24 | You would n't be having ice cream |
| 25 | And now I have had a letter from Katie Mallett , saying she will not be entering no 3225 ‘ because I did n't see the TV exposé of Summerhill , and have n't got the faintest clue what it 's like ’ . |
| 26 | Like this resolution I would urge all of you when you go back to your congregation those ministers who are following the moderator 's request , those ministers from the South who will not be conducting morning worship tomorrow because of the long journey request whoever is conducting worship to use this in the service in the prayers ! |
| 27 | Retailers who will definitely be taking space are Dixon Sports , Strand Cards , H Samuel , C&J Clark and Dorothy Perkins . |
| 28 | Hopefully you will also be raising money through sponsorship to help selected projects in countries far worse off than our own . |
| 29 | Make sure you complete your week-ending chart accurately , and remember : to record your weight loss for the week to record all details about any foods or drinks that may have caused symptoms or weight gain that you will not be drinking alcohol or eating foods that contain yeast next week — which is the final week of Stage II . |
| 30 | Also remember that you will not be using dairy products next week , but you will be introducing foods that contain yeast and alcohol . |