Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To the pigs with the slops , where you should have been this mornin' , ’ replied his wife . |
| 2 | Or it may have been that , looking at that blueprint form , some of them saw that something more could be done with it . |
| 3 | Then again if you 're I think the only thing on that I would say is that , creativity in as a positive , erm , that that your there are loads of possibilities about how you could actually try and create situations , which would actually break down barrier , one of the barriers you had was , I 'll give you one if you give me one . |
| 4 | The only problem that I can see is that fact that many books can not be taken home and that many sources can not be photocopied . |
| 5 | But if this motion is successful and a working party is established , one of the conclusions that we might reach is that General Secretaries should keep their sticky fingers off shops steward 's commissions . |
| 6 | Ah er the other item that we must mention is any extra plastic bags |
| 7 | It is therefore slightly ironic that it should have been this same Meistersinger which now finally stirred his feelings to the point where any " healthy " critical stance became impossible . |
| 8 | How much money went with this is not known but the scale of the ruins — the shell of the reactor is still visible — suggest that it must have been several million dollars even in 1950s prices , perhaps 1 per cent of the gross national product of Argentina , or roughly the equivalent of a whole year 's research budget for a developed country . |
| 9 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 10 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 11 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 12 | The weight of the church of Canterbury was behind Wihtred and it may have been this which ensured his success . |
| 13 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 14 | But er you know , and it would have been such a waste cos he 's bright . |
| 15 | And it must have been some comfort to her , a few months later , to receive a picture of Anna , healthy , happy , as she could never have been in the orphanage . |
| 16 | The above-mentioned aerodromes are only two I have selected , but they could have been any of many in both countries . |
| 17 | How long it took the different ancestors of these very different animals to evolve such tongues we do not know for there is no fossil evidence of any antiquity to tell us , but it must have been several million years . |
| 18 | It so happened that it fell to the lot of Geoffrey Holton and Chris Protheroe to do the donkey work in the Lusaka accident , but it could have been any of the twenty or so investigators in AIB . |
| 19 | but it could have been any hour of the day |
| 20 | He was describing Denis Law but it could have been this era . |
| 21 | I thought it was in support of the IRA but it could have been some other organization , such as the Women 's Liberation people . |
| 22 | That was not because Bill was Bill , but because it would have been such an outrageous lie , as Bill 's father would realize . |
| 23 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |
| 24 | ‘ But whether he 'd come is another matter . ’ |
| 25 | Whether it should breed is another matter . |