Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … " |
| 2 | In addition , your schedule could be upset if you only intended to break your journey for a short time at a particular spot . |
| 3 | Perhaps Councillors in Oxford should be grateful that they only had a shark and a pair of legs to get upset about . |
| 4 | It would be humiliating if he ever guessed exactly how she felt about him , how much she envied the other woman . |
| 5 | However , in Fagan the court held the accused to be guilty when he inadvertently parked his car on a policeman 's foot , realised what he had done , and refused to drive off . |
| 6 | The accused will after Allen be guilty if he simply vanishes with no intent to repay . |
| 7 | She told him she did n't want to be his agent any longer if he did n't need her advice , though it would be pleasant if he ever wanted her friendship . |
| 8 | One good point is that an original direction , but not a supplementary direction , can not be retrospective as it only has ‘ effect from the date of the direction ’ ( para 1A(1) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 9 | That you can not be alcoholic if you still have a family , a house , a car , a job and money in the bank . |
| 10 | Everyone will be embarrassed and it rarely helps . |
| 11 | Of course , it would be different if he deliberately memorized the customers ' names or made a copy of them . |
| 12 | It would be different if you really did love him , but I do n't think you do … certainly not enough to make the kind of sacrifices that would be necessary if you did marry him . ’ |
| 13 | This was the first time and it was pressure of work that we have n't done it for you to see it earlier , this is not normal so just forgive this one time and we need n't spend any more thought on it because next time it it going to be different and it always has been different . |
| 14 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 15 | But we do n't , you 've got ta be careful as you probably know Phil , the abuse can of the ca , you know , carrier , you know , can be a nice little earner if you 're not careful . |
| 16 | Personally , I always avoid fishing the corners of waters : I may be wrong but I simply feel that bream avoid such places . |
| 17 | Probably it may be easier if I actually do those letters if they want letters . |
| 18 | It will be sad if we never make it . |
| 19 | By this time I was sorely in need of a toilet , and it was her turn to be alarmed when she suddenly grasped the meaning of my frantic gestures . |
| 20 | When you choose your meeting room , the size has to be such that there always appears to be more interest in the event than the organisers anticipated . |
| 21 | Before the Director General can take action under the Regulations , the advertisement must be such that it both deceives or is likely to deceive and is likely to affect the economic behaviour of those whom it reaches or to injure a competitor of the trader ( usually the advertiser ) whose interests the advertisement is promoting . |
| 22 | It can be dangerous because I often cut my head open . ’ |
| 23 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
| 24 | The Russians and the Americans should be glad when they finally drop Ethiopia 's President Mengistu and Zaire 's President Mobutu . |
| 25 | Hence ( see 1.9 ) unc must also be diagonal and it then follows that unc is also diagonal . |
| 26 | The story may be apocryphal but it neatly illustrates the role of the catalyst . |
| 27 | Seeds may be collected but be quick as they only float for a short time . |
| 28 | It was true that the happy-go-lucky dockers , working for a few pennies every time a ship came in , were being watched carefully by Captain Robins on the bridge , but it all seemed rather haphazard , as though I would be lucky if I ever found all my trunks . |
| 29 | ‘ He said the rent would not necessarily be raised in future after stating that it would be index-linked and he also wants to stage concerts and fetes at the ground in the close season when we would need to work on the pitch . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We do believe the information to be useful and we also believe it is a possibility that the man shown on the tape in Phil Wells . |