Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it should been in it ! |
| 2 | Your hands should be under your thighs . |
| 3 | Ministers stopped the force contributing to this article , which suggests they are not as confident as they should be about its achievements . |
| 4 | I checked my watch as I dialled : 9.15 , which meant the admin shift should be into their first tea-break by now . |
| 5 | It should be over her head . |
| 6 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 7 | At least one period should be outside their home country . |
| 8 | It read : ‘ Should be off my case and home in six days . |
| 9 | Clearly no home should be without one . |
| 10 | TIME was when a slide rule was the ultimate in classroom one-upmanship , but these days , it seems , no pupil should be without his , or her , robot . |
| 11 | Puzznic is destined to become an all-time classic in the Tetris/Klax mould , and no serious puzzle-player should be without it . |
| 12 | So oh sorry that should be minus one because I taking your word for this one here . |
| 13 | U2 should be for everyone . |
| 14 | If she dislikes all outward signs of mourning , wanting people to wear their normal clothes and for the proceedings to be very quiet and simple , that should be for her to decide , but if she is of the old school , who prefer mourners to dress rather sombrely , you should try to persuade the rest of the family to do so whatever their personal opinions may be ; although care must be taken not to cause friction over this or anything else which may sour the family gathering . |
| 15 | Although there is no fundamental objection to life-long medication — many diabetics rely on daily injections of insulin with no prospect of stopping — no drug is without hazard , and the longer the treatment continues , the stronger the case should be for it . |
| 16 | It is always possible , though unlikely , that a random sample will , by chance , include a higher proportion of one group of people than there should be for it to be truly representative . |
| 17 | Peter and I agreed that the next step should be for us ( you ? ) to circulate the above topic/author proposals as an Aunt Sally to Paul and Jackie Schachter to see if this coincides at all with their thinking . |
| 18 | ‘ The pitch is huge and the longer the match goes on , the better that should be for us . |
| 19 | The earth upon which God has placed us should be for us a special trust from one generation to another . |
| 20 | ‘ Well ’ — he pursed his lips — ‘ I sometimes think you should be for your own good . |
| 21 | I 've , yeah I know , but it 's just some days you , I know , I see what you mean , talking about that , but at the end it is for your children anyway , cos you know , that money should be for your children and if you have worked and you put the money away for them anyway , you 've paid your taxes and things . |
| 22 | So what I 'm suggesting is that A is in fact your address and telephone section , B should be for your goals , and strategic plans , C , D , E , and F , er , would be for your specific functional areas . |
| 23 | They formed a great circle round the very centre of the site , where most eagles had died , and long lines across the moor , pointing to the north , south , east and west , that all who saw them would remember that man and eagle should be as one . |
| 24 | I thought : ‘ It 's wrong , you are lonely , you should be with somebody to look after you ’ . ’ |
| 25 | He should be with her . |
| 26 | The article itself should be no more than 1,100 words long and should be with me by December 31st , if not before . |
| 27 | You should be with me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Now I 'm going to take a look over the studio and I think you should be with me . ’ |
| 29 | ’ 'T IS proper that she should be with yourself and my sisters . ’ |
| 30 | My father 's very ill and I should be with him . ’ |