Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you may be like those who tell me they 've used what could have been a disaster to make their lives more what they wanted them to be . |
| 2 | A number of the grants , virtually all of the grants are to voluntary bodies who are providing services which are of considerable benefit to this Committee , and where we would be in some difficulty if they did n't give those of voluntary support to it . |
| 3 | She had no idea that I would be in this area . |
| 4 | erm I 'm sure that I could be of some help to them |
| 5 | 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 ? ’ |
| 6 | I almost believe that I could be like this . |
| 7 | Although you may be at some bar or club with the community interest at heart , people do n't look at you like that . |
| 8 | Her grandfather had suggested , without conviction , that she might be of some use in the farm office . |
| 9 | I do n't think even Rainbow is so obtuse that she can be in any doubt as to her visitor 's ultimate intentions . |
| 10 | Now , however , she felt that she could be of some help . |
| 11 | She hinted that she could be of more help to them than her brother , provided that they left him alone in his present state of health . |
| 12 | Please pray that you 'll be with each one of us and that we 'll enjoy today with grandma and all the different things we 'll do . |
| 13 | The ‘ hidden message ’ is that you could be like that too , if you ate X 's yogurt . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope , sir , ’ he said , not noticing the pun , ‘ that we may be of some assistance to you in your stay in the region . |
| 15 | I do not think that we should be against such moral principles . |
| 16 | But unless we have another child we have been told that we will be in this place until she is 13 . |
| 17 | David Morgan , presenting the donation for the bank , said : ‘ I 'm delighted that we can be of any assistance . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He has damaged the ligaments but the nature of the injury makes us more hopeful of recovery than we would be from some ankle injuries . ’ |
| 19 | In fact how am I to know you did n't do all this just so we could be in this very position now ? ’ |
| 20 | Orrell have an attractive home game with Leicester although they will be without several star players . |
| 21 | Even if we are assured that the creatures in question are not in any pain , some people will prolong the argument either by insisting that they must be in some sort of distress , or by claiming that even if they are not overtly suffering , what is happening to them is cruel and unwarranted exploitation . |
| 22 | The fact that some providers , including NHS trusts , have run out of money is not solely a problem of inefficiency or poor resource management ( although it may be in some cases ) ; it is also a reflection of the diversity and complexity of the demand for health care , which makes it so unpredictable . |
| 23 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |
| 24 | With less than an hour of daylight remaining , he carried a flashlight — not that it would be of much help with the rain cascading down as if the Maya Rain God had corralled every raincloud in Central America and pulled the plugs out . |
| 25 | I hope you will agree with me , therefore , that it would be in all our best interests to let the police into our confidence on this one . |
| 26 | It is an additional requirement of the religion , that it shall be in some logical form which can be accepted by all kinds of people , from the academically minded who need to be satisfied with its innate sound reasoning , to those who are prepared to let faith take over where the tedium of logical study is not wanted or not within their individual capacities to undertake . |
| 27 | Yes and one can imagine that it might be like that , but of course the women that we meet at university are those who have become scientists very often . |
| 28 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 29 | There is then not only a relative gap to be filled , in these new terms , but also , from the quality of some of the work on the arts carried out from other positions , a sense of challenge : indeed a sense that it may be above all in this still major area that the qualities of the kinds of thinking represented by the contemporary convergence stand most to be tested . |
| 30 | The insurance valuation of the contents was probably lower than it should be in these days of rising prices , but if it could be taken as a guide and the amount split in two it might be regarded as fair . |