Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th erm , the the other one that came up was erm , er and even Anne agreed that er , smoking if you must smoke is is for adults , not for children , now how do you erm , we 've we 've touched on advertising , is there anything else that might be done to dissuade children from smoking ? |
| 2 | Where Morpurgo 's left eye should have been was only a sickening fold of flesh . |
| 3 | Where the tongue should have been was a rag of skin . |
| 4 | George , of Southdale Road , Wavertree , Liverpool , said today : ‘ I felt a sharp pain and thought I must have been been stung . |
| 5 | First , alternative technological solutions and the types of communication service they may carry are being identified . |
| 6 | It 's no good Lyn , no , what I 'll do is is exercise . |
| 7 | What might have been is neither here nor there . |
| 8 | ‘ … and the moral of that [ said the Duchess ] is — ‘ Be what you would seem to be ’ — or , if you 'd like it put more simply — ‘ Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise . |
| 9 | Speaking at an international conference in London on the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste on Oct. 4 , 1989 , the European Communities ( EC ) Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa Di Meana , said that proposals to make producers of toxic waste liable for the damage and injury they might cause were being drawn up by the EC Commission . |
| 10 | As they bundled her down the stairs she must have fainted , because the next thing she could recollect was being wheeled along an endless corridor that smelled of disinfectant . |
| 11 | The only chair she could see was being used as a bedside table and held a glass of water , a strip of Aspro tablets and a box of paper handkerchiefs . |
| 12 | Now to place this manor and house , first I believe the only place this could have been is Upper Haillng , and the house is now what is known as Court Farm , the present residence of Mr Peter Lingham . |
| 13 | The only person it could have been was Kerry . |
| 14 | To ensure that any capital she may have is being invested wisely . |
| 15 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 16 | I mean I may have been being a bit naive as a general sort of , just a rep within NALGO , I 'm not I 'm not , although I 've had all the publicity , and yes I 'm , sometimes you do not the course . |
| 17 | One final point I would make is is that there has been a a little bit of an impression given I think in some comments this morning that we have a a virtual free for all as regards the availability of agricultural land and er the marked change that it has been said to occur since nineteen eighty . |
| 18 | Nevertheless conditions in which limited but often intense urban nationalism would flourish were being created and would provide a catalyst of future revolution ; although for a long time fears that educated Vietnamese would rise up against their French masters were certainly not encouraged by the numbers of children in school . |
| 19 | A Labour movement looking to the 1990s would have been been debating single union , no-strike deals and profit-related payment systems rather than how best to call strikes and whether a system of labour tribunals was needed to compensate for the supposed bias of the capitalist courts . |
| 20 | Even the WBC , the governing body that insist they 'll now give their title to Lewis , would have been been appeased by such a compromise . |
| 21 | I would have been been less chance of me doing that if I felt depressed . |
| 22 | One conclusion is that Vietnam could have been a proud success , and would have been were it not for , e.g. , the political constraints on the military . |
| 23 | If the probe moves along a radius with , then For simplicity it can be imagined that the probe would have been be at rest if it had started at an infinite distance from the hole ; then the kinetic energy parameter T vanishes and the equation reduces further to where , as usual , . |
| 24 | The established actor whose plays they ought to have been was out-manoeuvred . |
| 25 | And and the final thing that that that I ought to say is is that i if i it has a hangover to what 's going to be said later today . |
| 26 | Now the wrinkles are starting to show , all I can do is be good to myself . |
| 27 | All they can do is be at the radio station on time , and play their funky music whenever placed on a stage . |
| 28 | All you can do is be as honest as possible and go , ‘ Are you bored with doing this ? ’ |
| 29 | All you can do is be supportive … ’ |
| 30 | All I reckon we can do is be grateful for the good service , as you say Tim , and get on with what 's left — and that is quite a lot . |