Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Previously surrounded by school mates and push-bikes , he is now surrounded by the clinical smell of the hospital and the sight of other sick children , some of whom may be minus their hair .
2 Snizort , on his own account , offered the Twelve Knights who had sat at a round table so that no one of them should be at its head and no one at its foot .
3 BY the time you read this , I may be on my knees , along with millions of other Christian people , at the Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday .
4 ‘ Pray permit me to go to him , that I may be by his side at his coronation .
5 I must be with my Minister at ten but I 'll come back for the funeral … or if anyone else wants to talk to me … ’
6 I must be on my way . "
7 " Well , I must be on my way .
8 Now , I must be on my way .
9 ‘ And now , Sergeant , I must be about my business .
10 — come on , I must be off my tiny thorax —
11 I think I must be like my mother , she is always letting herself be interviewed , my father says its vulgar , but she likes it , she likes people coming to ask her questions about herself and how she makes coffee and who she his to dinner and what kind of paper she writes on , she says it makes her feel as though she really has got somewhere in her life .
12 My father 's very ill and I should be with him . ’
13 bores him , but he wo n't and then it pulls me , I want to do what the majority wants to do and then he do n't and I feel guilty cos I think oh I should be with him , but
14 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 .
15 Someone must be with them or they would n't have got up there , ’ said Maud reasonably .
16 There is so much I want to say , I feel I ca n't spare one minute from you when I might be with you telling it all to you .
17 Oh I might be with my change .
18 I might be with my change .
19 Well I might be with my cha
20 I might be to you but it 's this is going to a parent !
21 Well , very soon I 'll feel sorry for you , because I 'll be beyond you all ! ’
22 Chicken , I 'll be with thee again in a twinkling ; in the meantime observe the parson 's instructions , my little rosebud , observe " em I say .
23 I 'll be with ye in a minute . ’
24 ‘ Good , tell him I 'll be with him in a few minutes … and Bourne , notify Dr Franks . ’
25 I 'll be with you in a minute , then we 'll all go in . ’
26 Her hand tipped the scoop and the chips slid into the scale and when the dial registered much more than half an ounce she did n't remove any but , taking a paper bag , she blew into it , then , tipping up the scale , she disposed of the coconut chips before saying , ‘ I 'll be with you in a moment . ’
27 I 'll be with you in … twenty minutes . ’
28 I 'll be with you in a minute . ’
29 Never fear , if you come to me I 'll be with you ; you wo n't need no one else . ’
30 I 'll be with you as long as I can … ’
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