Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) must feel they are in a no-win situation . |
| 2 | Before turning to the grounds of appeal there are two matters which I must mention which are of some importance . |
| 3 | I should imagine they are from the council . |
| 4 | They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us . |
| 5 | Even though we do n't have major problems with drug or solvent abuse in Northern Ireland , sudden changes in behaviour could mean they are in some kind of trouble . |
| 6 | ‘ The only doctors who could help me are at Bart 's . |
| 7 | Emma Pengelly , eight , wrote : ‘ The only doctors who could help me are at Bart 's . |
| 8 | ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family . |
| 9 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 10 | I think that , had the girls been from today 's society the situation may have been different but I will assume they are from the same background as the boys were . |
| 11 | You will find you are under arrest . |
| 12 | obviously we 've got to work together on all , are you listening to me ? , on all the different parts of the body , you want them all to come alive , okay , so , this week as I say we 're gon na concentrate on sound , sound , sound , sound , you 've got to play on sound that is the painting , I mean the , the pictures do you , alright that 's fine , at the same does n't matter we 've still got to work on different things , yeah , okay ? , erm , so , as I say we 're going to make a sound machine in different groups , now to give you an example , what I what you to do is be , I 'm going to give you a situation , give , choose a profession , okay , let's say we are in hospital , now I want you each and everyone of you in this group think of the situation , think of a sound that one might hear in a hospital , everyone to themselves just think of a sound , could be a patient screaming , it could be a heart machine , it could be , er exactly , could be that , could be absolutely anything , it could sirens , it could be anything , okay , for everyone I want you to have the sound in your head okay , everyone 's got a sound in their head ? |
| 13 | Let's say you are in a room with a big table in the middle of it ; and your attacker is standing near the only exit . |
| 14 | I think you can see we are on the road to recovery . |