Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 2 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 3 | Why should I be like this ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why ca n't I be like some of them girls ! ’ |
| 5 | Could she be of any assistance ? |
| 6 | Will she be with all those little midgets that play at being children ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But how can you be like that ? ’ |
| 8 | How could you be like that ? |
| 9 | Will you be in all day ? |
| 10 | Where would we be without all the trash ? |
| 11 | Another reads : ‘ Where would we be without that much-maligned virtue , vanity ! ’ |
| 12 | Can we be of any assistance ? |
| 13 | And so you go back and you say to your brother I just can not give this , it 's impossible you see , well should we be like that ? |
| 14 | The Ayatollah Khomeini may have died , the demonstrations may have dwindled , the book which precipitated the whole bizarre nightmare may no longer be burned in scenes of spine-chilling ugliness , but let no-one be in any doubt : Iran still wants Salman Rushdie dead . |
| 15 | What harm could there be on this night of all nights , the dowager-duchess asked herself , in Joan de Warenne representing her who is in fact her half-sister ? |
| 16 | What possible justification could there be for such coldness ? |
| 17 | Indeed , if the inhibition exists , what need could there be for such a prohibition ? |
| 18 | What better place than their gloomy underworld could there be for such beliefs ? |
| 19 | What possible justification can there be for that , given the fact the actions are reasonable as they stay this year . |
| 20 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 21 | What justification can there be for another academic article at such a moment ? |
| 22 | What joy can there be in this kind of conduct ? |
| 23 | cos I mean how many hours driving will there be in this country , about eight ? |
| 24 | Second , once identified , can they be of any use in helping us solve real-life issues ? |
| 25 | Assuming the cardboard box was full of letters and that each one carried a stamp — used stamps of Natal and Cape Province between the years say , 1850 and 1890 — would they be worth much ? |
| 26 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |
| 27 | Wo n't it be on this lot ? |
| 28 | Or will it be at most a change of tone , a more positive role in supporting industry but falling far short of what the free marketeers fear ? |
| 29 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 30 | Who could it be at this hour ? |