Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For as long as a Stephen , in his moments of strength , has been able to despise the arbiters of fortune and culture — the English and the Anglo Irish — as degenerate and unworthy inheritors of the language of Shakespeare , he has done so from somewhere , from a somewhere intimately known , and yet never entirely placed , from what might loosely be called Irishness . |
| 2 | And when I die , I 'll still be called Stuart Hughes . |
| 3 | As a result , in the nineteenth century a national region which could fairly be called Yakutia extended over 1,6000 kilometres from the Vilyui river to the Kolyma and nearly as far from the middle Lena to the shores of the Arctic Ocean . |
| 4 | The most popular closed back items are usually referred to as " superfine Pekings " ( or just " Pekings " ) , although they may also be called Tientsins , Sinkiangs or simply Chinese . |
| 5 | The zinc bath would soon be filled Charlie came back into the kitchen and was told the news . |
| 6 | When asked if he thought a ‘ level playing field ’ would ever be achieved Heseltine said that he thought change would take place , but not just because politicians wish it . |
| 7 | Ahead now reared the dark mass of the main keep of the establishment , wherein would surely be found Balliol and his close associates . |
| 8 | The Nynex-Hitrail joint venture company would likely be called Hermes , said the source , and its capital opened up to other European partners . |
| 9 | That 's why the Home Office has agreed that the new Laboratory will still be called Hoggatt 's . |
| 10 | Gin produced by one of the first two processes will usually be labelled London gin or distilled gin ( sometimes both ) . |
| 11 | The 28-year-old barrister from Oxton gave birth to the baby who will probably be called Benjamin in Arrowe Park hospital on Tuesday . |
| 12 | He remained in post for four years and can thus be considered Russia 's first permanent diplomatic representative ; and though he had no successor until 1688 there was continuous Russian representation in the Polish capital from that time on . |
| 13 | To that part of north-western Aquitaine can probably be assigned Count Rainald , and several other counts and vassi dominici who witnessed a document in April 838 as Louis 's faithful supporters . |