Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may include being a wife to your husband , a mother to your children , or a daughter to your parents . |
| 2 | It was difficult for the older people , they should have been a lot more thoughtful how they separated people for the houses . |
| 3 | From a teacher 's point of view , one of the main things they should gain is a development in specific skills connected with finding and using information . |
| 4 | eventually it 'll get more and more computer wise , its the same in the motor trade or any trade it all , if the machine goes wrong all they 'll have is a pack , just pull the pack out , put a new pack in and put it back |
| 5 | No , I think maybe if the girls had been in they might have been a bit shier and felt you know , oh we have to act you know , the lads . |
| 6 | After the interval , all they could manage was a forwards ' try , by McIvor , and it was left to the home scrum-half , Tony Devlin , to notch the only touchdown — in the last minute — with a fine individual effort . |
| 7 | The best they could suggest was a Commonwealth exploratory mission . |
| 8 | They could have been a couple of unpromising applicants for a minor domestic job . |
| 9 | The scissors themselves were ordinary enough , standard office issue , and shining steel : there was no outward sign that they could have been a weapon of murder , Dexter thought . |
| 10 | The thin , clever , spatulate fingers — they could have been an apothecary 's or a musician 's — held the roll of parchment delicately ; the light blue eyes studied Hotspur 's face without disguise and without wavering . |
| 11 | They would be hard to remember ; they would have been a nuisance to printers , who would have had to make a whole series of new pieces of type ; but perhaps most important , they were ambiguous . |
| 12 | On the other hand , as Cynthia Page 's fascinating and delightful documentary revealed , if something is n't done PDQ , all they will have is a pile of marble rubble . |
| 13 | ‘ I get a lot of laughs from everyone who sees me , especially when I 'm going across long grass and all they can see is an airline captain coming towards them at great speed with exhaust smoke coming from my rear end . |