Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How long do you think I 'll be with you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd think I would be over this by now , ’ Mait said darkly , eyeing the lake . |
| 3 | ‘ Why did you think I 'd be at Julius 's London flat ? ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think I 'd be in very good you know , in your good books if I did that ? |
| 5 | ‘ Tony , ’ he said , ‘ I do n't think I can be of much help to you . |
| 6 | ‘ What makes you think I can be of help ? ’ |
| 7 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 8 | Er well I 'm sixty-five you see , so I mean I would be in my forties would n't I you see . |
| 9 | Well like I said I think probably they 're really kicking themselves I mean I would be in their situation . |
| 10 | I agree , its , its like those their lovely little things , do n't think of buying , it 's not very fair cos I mean , Mar , I mean I 'd be over the moon if someone bought me one of those bags . |
| 11 | I think truly , he thinks I must be in love with him , and he does n't want to complicate things . " |
| 12 | I could n't know I 'd be on a murder case . " |
| 13 | Once inside the Stone Hall of Judgement , once subjected to the decision of the Twelve Stone Judges who pronounce on all Mortal creatures , I believed I should be beyond all hope of escape . ’ |
| 14 | You do n't understand the circumstances , you do n't understand the storm I might , I might not leave that to me he says I will be with you . |
| 15 | I 'm just so excited , because he says I can be in charge of it . |
| 16 | I smiled , and taking my cue from Reid added : ‘ I hope I can be of service to Koraloona , Princess . ’ |
| 17 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 18 | Hans reckons I 'll be on the big slopes by Thursday ’ etc . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've promised I 'd be at the Queen 's Hall by eight o'clock . |
| 20 | I bet when she gets home she 's sulky with her husband ; I know I will be with Lucy . |
| 21 | It was , ‘ If you guys want to do it , you can do it ; whatever you decide to do I 'll be behind you , but I do n't want to push you either way because you 're individuals . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He has n't seen me or thought about me for ten years as far as I 'm aware and he could n't have known I 'd be in that house . |
| 23 | What if you , if you lent us some dosh I suppose I could be with Louise tonight , right , I could go home with a big bunch of flowers cos I 'll have a guilty expression on my face . |
| 24 | If I ever got busted I 'd be in such fucking shit . |
| 25 | To your numerous enquiries , I must answer rather briefly , for I have so bad a cold as to be half blind : add to which so bad a cough & sore throat , that if they do nt go I shall be in town much sooner than I expected … my eyes are so sadly worse , that no bird under an Ostrich shall I soon be able to do . |
| 26 | I knew I must be of officially dead . |
| 27 | " I always knew I 'd be in a book one day , " she said , reaching once more for Debonair , " and now , John , that dream has been realized . " |
| 28 | There is no way I had anything going with poor Billy and no way he knew I 'd be in that house . ’ |
| 29 | I knew I 'd be in trouble ! |
| 30 | I 'm tired this morning , but not as tired as I thought I would be considering two nights out . |