Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pontypool are not the force they were … some fear it could be said of Gloucester too … not after this win … |
| 2 | , but if I do n't do it at half term it would be left to the end . |
| 3 | ‘ Is n't there some work you should be doing ? ’ |
| 4 | Even if we do have jobs and incomes we all know we could be touched personally by public events at any moment . |
| 5 | Many believe it should be banned . |
| 6 | Others , like the modern thinker , Alan Watts , have grudgingly admired it : ‘ Without any disrespect it must be said that Christianity is pre-eminently the gamblers ’ religion . |
| 7 | At least 40 schools opted out because they were threatened with closure , and most believe they would be shown little mercy . |