Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leading them must be R. K. Cope , who took pictures of the trackbed , complete with rails , bridges etc , together with a number of shots of stations with rolling stock standing in them . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , ’ said Robert , feeling he was not making the impression required , ‘ I think I may be Napoleon ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , ’ said Robert , ‘ I may be Napoleon . ’ |
| 4 | Do you know , I think I must be Bernice Summerfield , Professor of Archaeology . |
| 5 | Alright , I 'll be Manhom as well . |
| 6 | ‘ You can be in charge of the baddie knights and I 'll be Sir Lancelot , the bravest and best knight of all . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ To myself , by myself , I 'll be John , just John , plain John , the John I was christened . |
| 8 | So someone might be Friar Lawrence , someone might be Romeo . |
| 9 | So someone might be Friar Lawrence , someone might be Romeo . |
| 10 | I remember thinking that if Andy Norman believed I could be Europe 's top sprinter , if he had such faith in me , well then maybe I could . |
| 11 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 12 | If I was a captain on A Question Of Sport , I 'd be Fatima Whitbread … such curious muscle development . ’ |
| 13 | If I wanted an easy job I 'd be Markie 's hairdresser , or for a demanding career how about Corky 's zit cream ? |
| 14 | Dear Newsagent , I would be Judith-Chalmers-ly indebted to your good suntan if you could find it in your deckchair to reserve me my very own monthly copy of that phew-missus-it's-a-scorcher gamesplaying bible , ZZAP ! 64 , starting with the July issue , on sale Thursday 25 June . |
| 15 | Now he was dead he was no longer Jack Monro but only Syl 's father , the dead husband of Mrs Monro , and soon I would be Margaret Monro . |
| 16 | Well I think I will be June I do n't know , I mean that 's been quarter to six these last two nights . |
| 17 | And I will be Cadi and Guanzil , and when dispute happens among ye I will decide it . |
| 18 | You 'll find quite a few of yours will be May |
| 19 | In its doorway , awaiting them , was a figure in rich , damaged velvets which must be Napoleone Lomellini . |
| 20 | She could n't remember seeing a room which might be Rob 's , but of course she had n't had to explore the entire house before finding the passport . |
| 21 | However , ‘ I invite nobody into my soul ’ he declares , as if to banish the exhibitionist thought.44 And then if the search for suffering is allowed to eclipse the rest , we are back with Marmeladov squinnying into the bottom of his vodka jug ; whereas Stavrogin saying he wants to forgive himself might be Raskolnikov pondering retrospectively , selfcritically , on his admission of guilt at the police station . |
| 22 | Nobody could be Bryan Adams ! |
| 23 | However , Brenda 's turn is so constructed that it starts in London English with a statement about what happened , and switches to Creole at " cause " ( which could be London English or Creole ) — precisely the point where she begins her explanation of why she acted in this way . |
| 24 | There were no spectators at all , which was a relief , and no one in the water of a size or shape which could be Nevil . |
| 25 | Linford seemed assured of the silver medal , which would be England 's first at 100 metres since 1938 . |
| 26 | Withdrawing from general publishing , which would be Mr Pearce 's chosen option , would lead to increased costs on the car manual side , Mr Haynes said , since the divisions shared certain overheads . |
| 27 | Then Shadwell took me to Joe Allen 's and offered me a part in his next production , which would be Molière 's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme . |
| 28 | After considerable wrangling , a compromise was reached : there would be a German version of the film which would be Engel 's and a British version which would be the BFI 's ( though these ‘ versions ’ proved , in the event , to be identical ) . |
| 29 | Novell Inc Japan , which will be Univel Inc 's distributor there , is n't waiting around for the Japanese version of UnixWare to start its assault on the market . |
| 30 | Home The Lynce , a small house in the grounds of Blenheim Palace , which will be Jamie 's one day . |