Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 2 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 3 | It struck me as I fumblingly dialled the number that it would be better to go out to a kiosk , where I would be more sure of privacy , but having come to this decision I only wanted to hurry , hurry — every minute 's delay seemed dangerous . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not even going to ask how many phone calls you made to find where I would be staying — ’ |
| 5 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 6 | ‘ Where I 'll be is right here in Liskeard , for the most part seated at this very desk . ’ |
| 7 | There were lessons all around me about what I should be doing , where I should be going , but I chose to ignore them . |
| 8 | I 'll go where I should be — with my spiders in Asia . ’ |
| 9 | Feeling deliciously convalescent , I pottered about in pyjamas , weak yet fortified by the knowledge that I was in a sympathetic house where I could be waited on , and had no appointments of any kind . |
| 10 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 11 | I just wanted a business where I could be independent — ’ |
| 12 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 13 | ( In the far distance are the snow-capped peaks of the Bolivian Cordillera Real where I will be heading soon . ) |
| 14 | I will be keeping you up-to-date on Singer events and also ‘ manning ’ an information desk at all the main knitting exhibitions , where I will be able to help and advise you . |
| 15 | ‘ Is — is that where I will be ? ’ |
| 16 | Shame on me for this is the first issue of SR I 've ever read ( Nov ) , but I hope it will not be the last , for may I say , I think I may have at last found a space where I can be heard — most women 's magazines shun the type of letter I submit — not cosy enough for their letters pages , I suspect . |
| 17 | Neneh Cherry , daughter of a restless soul , has always dreamt of a place called home , ‘ that happy little space where I can be free ’ . |
| 18 | I 'll give you a number where I can be reached in any emergency . ’ |
| 19 | Glass guiding me where I must be going . |
| 20 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 21 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 22 | ‘ Or I might be able to get the Oxford University Museum to open up a bit early — you know , Inspector , the dodo and Darwin and the dinosaurs . ’ |
| 23 | I might be teaching you some er number theory , or I might be teaching you the structure of number theory . |
| 24 | Or I might be saying , here 's an example of a derivation . |
| 25 | Or I might be saying , here 's the sort of silly thing I was taught when I was at kindergarten . |
| 26 | ‘ For God 's sake , lie still , or I might be tempted to forget I do n't respect you and take what we both want ! ’ he ordered tersely . |
| 27 | Or I might be home a lot earlier than you think . |
| 28 | I might be there or I might be with Roy , I do n't know . |
| 29 | I must get away or I 'll be trapped here for life . |
| 30 | Now I must be awa' tae Pack Meeting , ’ she said to Dick and Chuck , ‘ or I 'll be late . ’ |