Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] be [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could be quite sort of interesting . |
| 2 | In around 6 months time I 'll have one of these famed degrees ( hopefully ) and at times I can be equally dopey … to the extent that the same thing happenend to me regarding my cashcard . |
| 3 | Fifty , sixty , seventy , oh she might be still living . |
| 4 | she 's gon na need her at weekends as well , in the summer , because she 'll be away eventing . |
| 5 | If I can lie with her once , thought Fergus , if I can taste the sweetness , if I can possess her just once , she will be forever mine … |
| 6 | We must be constantly vigil and keep a sharp look out for new issues which need to be put on our agenda , so that we can keep pace with the changes that affect our members and organization . |
| 7 | I think we 'll be away dad because |
| 8 | Locke 's tentative suggestion about the possibility of thinking matter would have seemed to lead to atheism too ; but he was quick to point out to his critic , Edward Stillingfleet , that the suggestion that we might be purely material does not involve the denial of all spiritual immaterial beings ; if we are thinking matter , it needed a spiritual God to make us so . |
| 9 | It seemed that all the intelligence had gone to Constance , leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life , although , Scarlet had to admit , they could be surprisingly kind . |
| 10 | They need be only manilla , since they will rarely be taken out of your room . |
| 11 | It is uncommon for schools to use processes such as critical path analysis because they can be very time consuming unless used by experts , although simpler versions may be worth considering for example stocks and flows models . |
| 12 | They can be extremely irritant to the skin and have a very low degree of bio-degradability in purification plants . |
| 13 | If not it may be about time to offer a vote of confidence and see him on his way the week after . |
| 14 | It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ . |
| 15 | Alright , it may be there fault , but what happens if he fucking get out of control or then I can I always try and do it now , if somebody wants to act like a cunt , let them ! |
| 16 | It winds down into winter , and yet by rights it should be barely midsummer . |
| 17 | Being-for-itself must be wholly body and it must be wholly consciousness ; it can not be united with a body . |
| 18 | After hearing his name on the radio , he had thought it must be just bravado on Paul Lexington 's part , the young producer falling into cliche , insisting that the show must go on when all logic showed it was impossible . |
| 19 | But it must be nearly dinner time now . |
| 20 | ‘ It must be nearly time for the service to start . ’ |
| 21 | When they come to consider the plaintiff 's damages , it must be highly material that they then may say to themselves , however , this would family was harbouring this dangerous criminal two days beforehand . |
| 22 | It must be almost time for lunch . ’ |
| 23 | I am not dying , no , I have suffered a terrible nightmare , but I am here , in my room , and the night must be far gone , it must be almost morning , I shall go downstairs and make myself a first pot of tea . |
| 24 | He said it might be tomorrow night , it might not be . |
| 25 | That 's what I he did agree to it when I I mentioned it to him but I just ha I want to check if he 's doing one tomorrow , cos if he 's doing one tomorrow it might be tomorrow morning so I 'll have |
| 26 | I hoped it would be put to use , though there was a chance it might be just ballast for the journey . |
| 27 | Well erm if , if our Carl 's coming straight home it 'll be about quarter to seven . |
| 28 | I wish it could be always summer and autumn , with you always loving me ! ’ |
| 29 | This could merely be clustering , it could be merely chance . |
| 30 | And I 'm sure it 'd be well worth er , er getting this down , no . |