Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inferences are systematic , they are decodable by different interpreters in the same way , and without most of them the exchange can not be understood ; most of them must therefore be part of what is communicated , in Grice 's strict sense of meant-nn . |
| 2 | Yours may well be toothache . ’ |
| 3 | Good resolution : I must not be fey . |
| 4 | Sorry , I should n't be flip . |
| 5 | I lo , I might even be Romeo . |
| 6 | United visit Villa Park , and Atkinson wistfully linked the past with the present when he said : ‘ If I 'd had Dean Saunders at United , we would have won the Championship and I might still be manager of Manchester United . ’ |
| 7 | " And one day perhaps I 'll even be mum to a boy child , like all of you . |
| 8 | That one day I 'll just be history , like the rest … |
| 9 | I 'll not be more'n a stone 's throw from the door , so rid th'self of thoughts about taking off . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I 'll best be orf , ’ she said coldly . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll still be Tony to most people . |
| 12 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 13 | The cycle chain came off twice on the three miles back to the van , but I could n't be cross . |
| 14 | Team one they want to put out more in the first division and , I could not be party to that team one and it was an atrocity to use such terminology . |
| 15 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 16 | ‘ I could hardly be Fairy Godmother , ’ joked Gayle . |
| 17 | I 'll tell you what I 'd rather be Intercity than Central Services in terms of the market we 've got . |
| 18 | But I would n't be chairman of the bank if I 'd made very many mistakes . |
| 19 | ‘ If I knew my future and that I would never be No 1 I think I 'd tell myself to forget it . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't be be'ind that counter all the time . |
| 21 | Oh , drop that , I ca n't be Suzanne , never was Suzanne , never will be . |
| 22 | ‘ I shall always be McAllister to you , I think . ’ |
| 23 | But Graham added : ‘ I will not be panic buying . |
| 24 | You and I will always be friends . ’ |
| 25 | I wo n't be air sick ! |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't be part of any deception . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And you and I wo n't be part of it . ’ |
| 28 | Do n't wan na I wo n't be friends with her . |
| 29 | I wo n't be party to your bitching yourself on the sly . |
| 30 | ‘ Because I can not be doctor , ’ he said , pointing to his head and grinning . |