Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some of them must be playing snooker three and four times a week in two or three different leagues .
2 Was that meant to be that people like me should be doing spot checks , Richard should tell people like me to do spot checks or Richard was going to do spot checks ?
3 Feel I may be witnessing end of Christian and dawn of Lucindian era .
4 I knew I must be nearing Clumber when I saw the Robin Hood and Little John Hotel from the train window .
5 He was smiling at her , saying again , ‘ I thought I must be imagining things or seeing double , or , as I said , you were a twin . ’
6 I must be going potty .
7 If I sent my army against a border lord on a private quarrel I should be throwing Wales into Hubert 's hands .
8 I should be correcting proofs , but my eyes hurt .
9 I remember a while ago someone told me he thought I should be wearing platform shoes , but we 're not into having symbols of different generations , we 're just into style as a ‘ thing ’ : we 're into flaunting things , it 's just part of what we are . ’
10 Oh , I should be doing work but I ca n't .
11 Oh , I think I should be making things for Jamie when she comes
12 I might be getting Sister Act on Saturday .
13 ‘ I wonder if we should take out an insurance policy , just in case I might be expecting twins … ? ’
14 I might be playing Hamlet . ’
15 So I might be doing tennis then .
16 You know , I mean , I might be saying Jimmy has wasted his time this year
17 But do n't imagine I 'll be cooking sausages — or anything else , for that matter .
18 ‘ But for the first time since I came to England in August 1977 , I 'll be hoping Liverpool do n't win again .
19 And I 'll be telling Rosemary what I think of her biscuit trips .
20 There are a number of points of view the executive want to put and I 'll be calling Paul at the end of that debate .
21 Sir , I 'll be calling Mr .
22 I 'll be needin' mair shag and all , ’ he bent and picked up the clay stump and peered into the empty bowl sadly .
23 ‘ Only that I 'll be eating lunch in about an hour 's time , ’ he said .
24 I do n't think I 'll be eating fish much longer .
25 I 'll be singing groove .
26 I 'll be entering Twin Oaks for the three miles Tommy Whittle Chase , ’ said Richards .
27 Well tt during , during our discussions I 'll be taking notes on your current financial situation but also why erm your thoughts for the future and erm and in doing this I 'll be using this form to actually assist me to actually take down these notes .
28 cheaper because food 's no erm problem I 'll be taking loads with me anyway , which we would do anyway .
29 but that 's , would n't affect me because I 'll be taking loans out so there and I can have up to twenty er partners , nineteen in fact , because there 's twenty partners altogether , basically , so there is definitely benefits for being in partnership
30 I 'll be taking Lucy to see her honourable aunt . ’
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