Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SFE 's executive director , James Scott , said that no-one should be in any doubt about the importance of the financial sector to the country as a whole . |
| 2 | It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job . |
| 3 | Once inside the Stone Hall of Judgement , once subjected to the decision of the Twelve Stone Judges who pronounce on all Mortal creatures , I believed I should be beyond all hope of escape . ’ |
| 4 | I should be in some embarrassment if my name were to appear in the newspapers , for instance . ’ |
| 5 | Besides , I might be of some help settling the young gentleman . ’ |
| 6 | Irena was saying , in her quavery ancient voice , ‘ Of course , I 'll be in all evening , my dear ; these days I 'm always in . ’ |
| 7 | I determined to contact Jenny , but letters and telephone conversations seemed quite inadequate means of discovering what I wanted to know , that is whether I could be of any use to her . |
| 8 | erm I 'm sure that I could be of some help to them |
| 9 | But I 'm sure there will be a simple explanation — ’ Concern clouded his eyes ‘ — Mr D'Arcy , do you seriously think that I could be in any danger from these people ? ’ |
| 10 | There is no way I had anything going with poor Billy and no way he knew I 'd be in that house . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He has n't seen me or thought about me for ten years as far as I 'm aware and he could n't have known I 'd be in that house . |
| 12 | I said I 'd be in any time after six that evening and he came for the key precisely on the hour . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'm going to watch games , I would be of more use studying the following week 's opposition and helping prepare for them . |
| 14 | Well I would be in some difficulty there sir because erm I have clearly this is a very important and sensitive er issue , one which involves erm one which would involve erm consideration by my members of the various issues , erm I have no authority to express a detailed view on a ma on a matter of principle , or indeed a general view as to wh as to which is the er the best location . |
| 15 | She had no idea that I would be in this area . |
| 16 | Soon I shall be in that grave with my wife and children , under the cold grey stone and dancing leaves . |
| 17 | The first month of the pool starts on April 4th and thereafter someone will be at each Mass to collect subscriptions . |
| 18 | ‘ Tony , ’ he said , ‘ I do n't think I can be of much help to you . |
| 19 | If I can be of any help … since we had our talk , I too have begun to have doubts . |
| 20 | If I can be of any service to you , at any time , I do hope you 'll let me know . |
| 21 | I can be of more service vis-à-vis your ambitions than I have heretofore . |
| 22 | As a final word , for those who are novices in the world of finding somewhere to sleep in the wilds , I can be of some assistance . |
| 23 | and etcetera er I can be on that course ? |
| 24 | This tells us nothing about the degree of harmony in the village — everyone might be at each other 's throats — but it does indicate that within the village there is a reasonably close-knit social pattern , rather than a disparate group of individuals who happen , coincidentally , to live in the same locality . |
| 25 | Sandison finds that the probability of citation will be halved by the transfer of library material to the Reserve Stock shelves , which may be at some distance from the main library shelving , or which may have to be fetched from remote stores . |
| 26 | Although they tend to fit one pencil size only , there are rather more expensive holders available for use with wide pencils and industrial chalks which may be of some help to artists . |
| 27 | In reply to Mr Pikes letter ( EE April ‘ 92 ) I have some information which may be of some use . |
| 28 | Which should be in some cases be doubled in very bad weather like that . |
| 29 | But there is no reason for the Community to get involved in employment legislation , which must be for each country to decide for itself . |
| 30 | Some interesting and useful things can be done in the way of improving specific item search systems , but only if the catalogue has considerable " knowledge " of bibliographical items ( for example , one can envisage a catalogue which could say , " We have n't got Joseph Matthews on online catalogue screen displays , but there is an article in Library trends which might be of some interest " ) . |