Example sentences of "[modal v] be [conj] [pers pn] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ . |
| 2 | Oh they might been but I do n't I do n't know how long no . |
| 3 | Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ? |
| 4 | It could be and I do n't want to preempt any discussion that would take place , but it could be a solution er from the Hatfield site could be found in the same way as a solution was found by er Sunderland Council and er Cleveland County Council over the shipyards in er in Sunderland . |
| 5 | It may be that we do n't have to use all of that . |
| 6 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 7 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 8 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 9 | It may be that you do not recognise the deep-seated reasons why you hold some animals in higher esteem than others . |
| 10 | They do n't have the time or the resources , and that may be because they do n't have enough people at partner level to cope with the organisation that training involves . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know how you 're going to get it , but you know how deep the shit will be if you do n't produce at least a hundred thousand pounds … ’ |
| 12 | You will be if you do n't get dressed ! |
| 13 | But if it is a hung parliament , this will be because we do n't really want anyone to have any power . |
| 14 | Thus , we will not be able to predict what the apparent values of these quantities will be because we do n't know how many baby universes are waiting out there . |
| 15 | Ever since we entered the training video market , competitors have claimed the only way we can offer training videos for less than they can is because we do not bear the full cost of production , by sourcing products from broadcast programmes . |