Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he hangs up his gloves he says he 'll just be doing alot more gardening instead . |
| 2 | He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action . |
| 3 | He 'd always be throwing money around — a Harley , a Corvette — the same way . |
| 4 | The honourary medical officer of the Longhope lifeboat is Dr Tony , and he would normally be assisting casualties to be uplifted , but that day he himself was to be winched up from the lifeboat to the helicopter , and once that part of the exercise was completed and he was back , safely on deck , I asked him , How was that ? |
| 5 | He would also be seeking compensation and if the authority made no offer he would have no hesitation in suing for a five-figure sum . |
| 6 | He concluded by telling Scott that there was no need to hurry with the revised elevations as he would only be asking Parliament to vote sufficient for the foundations during the present session . |
| 7 | He could well have made a throne for a Medici or a table for the Brighton Pavilion , and he will surely be making pieces in the 1990s that will be starting in their modernity . |
| 8 | Rickardsson is to concentrate on Ipswich this year , although he will also be riding league speedway in Sweden and Poland . |
| 9 | If anyone in the SSD can shed any light on the matter , or better still on the origins of the letter , she or he will immediately be nominated reader of the week , be the envy of all and sundry , and receive a special prize . |