Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think our strategy should be that we pare our prices down , to the absolute minimum that we think we can do the work for , take a little bit more off that and hope to get some money back on variations . |
| 2 | Yet the effect of what you can play should be that you hear what Brahms wrote down , even if you do n't follow his notation absolutely to the dot . |
| 3 | There was nothing analytical in the experience , only a sense of wonder that things should be as he saw them and , in particular , that he should be involved . |
| 4 | Erm the tribunal may well say that one of those clauses should be if you lose your driving licence you lose your job , so it 's a fairly dangerous thing to apply to the tribunal to get terms of employment sorted out . |
| 5 | The answer must be that they have nothing to do with crofting as such , and little to do with agriculture , although there are agricultural problems . |
| 6 | The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all . |
| 7 | If she did not see fit to prevent their actions , it must be because they served her purposes . |
| 8 | The persuasiveness of Berkeley 's argument about heat and pain depends on two things : ( i ) our readiness to distinguish between feeling heat and feeling hot , and ( ii ) our having the idea that if two things are called by the same name it must be because we suppose them to be like one another . |
| 9 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 10 | ‘ Then that must be because you provoke me . |
| 11 | It must be because I need him . |
| 12 | Once you 've made your call , they might ask you to stay by the phone erm , to contact you back it might be that they ask you did you want anybody contacted to tell them that , that you 've broken down , they will do that for you . |
| 13 | Well , it might be that we regard it as whether everybody else interprets it that way . |
| 14 | No well we might well it might be that we say we want a combined party , I do n't know , |
| 15 | Might be but I doubt it so no it 's not John Major but it was a good thought Terry . |
| 16 | I do not want your heart broken , which I fear it might be if you saw him unhappy . ’ |
| 17 | Professional DEC watcher , Terry Shannon , claims the firm is fretting that its Alpha launch on November 10 wo n't be as impressive as it might be because it missed its goal of getting a thousand third-party software packages . |
| 18 | I mean , you do n't know how long it 'll be before you get something suitable … |
| 19 | We 'll be if we get our four per cent |
| 20 | ‘ I agree , ’ he said , to her surprise , ‘ but until the baby is safely born she needs Garry at her side , and that 's where he 'll be if I have anything to do with it . ’ |
| 21 | It could be that he felt I represented authority or the establishment in some way , or perhaps I was just convenient |
| 22 | It could be that you think he 'll say ‘ no ’ or that he 'll raise doubts and practical concerns . |
| 23 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 24 | The could be if you pop yourself there , he sits there and she sits there , you 're asking him a question , he 's not sure , he looks at her , so if you look you ca n't see what you 're doing , you want to be able to maintain eye contact with them both , yeah , one of the effective ways , well they 're going to be aware of the layout of the living room , this is their , this is their stage . |
| 25 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 26 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 27 | Rather than enticing your man , its real value may be that it makes you feel sexier and therefore more likely to initiate or respond to his overtures . |
| 28 | In a rape case the typical defence argument is that the woman consented to intercourse , while in sex murder the defence may be that she provoked him . |
| 29 | If you have lost your glasses , it may be that you upset your friends by failing to recognize them in the street . |
| 30 | Now the part they play in the community depending on your political statistical or whatever leisure interest viewpoint may be that you think they have n't got the combination right but that 's obviously a very subjective thing , but I think that I mean the visibility and the social responsibility implements I would have thought are two of the most important for people . |