Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Ronni conceded as her chest continued to heave , ‘ I may be just a little out of breath . ’ |
| 2 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 3 | Or I might be home a lot earlier than you think . |
| 4 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 5 | I had originally crossed the Atlantic thinking I would be away a few months , but the brief tour had stretched into years . |
| 6 | He wo n't be on the stage all the time , he said , his will be just a little spot . |
| 7 | To be associated with them you must be either a square-headed German or a bearded Bolshevik . |
| 8 | ‘ You must be over a hundred ! ’ |
| 9 | If so , you must be about a hundred years out of date . ’ |
| 10 | She must be quite a reader . |
| 11 | If she 's the lady I remember , she must be about a hundred now . ’ |
| 12 | She also said she was sorry that she might be away a little longer than she had expected to be . |
| 13 | You might be just a wee bit too clever for your own good now . |
| 14 | You might be just a wee bit too clever for your own good now . |
| 15 | Surely its relative , I mean two thousand pounds to you might be quite a lot of money , but to someone else , its , its not a big deal . |
| 16 | Let's assume you 'll be just a general-purpose chippie , doing jobs like building stud partition walls , laying floorboards and perhaps making fitted furniture using a lot of man-made boards . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll be quite a good sort of person by the time you return from the Future , supposing you do return , of course , because I did n't like the sound of that spell , did you ? |
| 18 | Oh she 'll be like a little old woman , she 's , well she 's nine , I think she 's going on thirty nine , to listen to her |
| 19 | She 'll be there a couple of minutes before . |
| 20 | She had given herself a fair amount of time to get to Luke 's , and if she left the motorway at the next junction and did n't hang around she 'd be only a little late at the most . |
| 21 | You 'd be almost a stranger too . ’ |
| 22 | If Gay came , she would be indoors a good deal , and would be company for Susan while Breeze the Breadwinner was out . |
| 23 | I think you would be just a little surprised if I shouted ‘ Liar ! ’ |
| 24 | Erm it 's about how people sell personal data er for money to other people erm and erm you 're quite er you will be quite a substantial part of the program . |
| 25 | If you can be just a little bit clued-up and not be Rastafarian with dreadlocks , you can not fail . |
| 26 | I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 27 | but , but I think we should be just a little careful in accepting this cavalry charge as it has been described too easily . |
| 28 | I have a feeling we must be just a few miles from the River Seine . |
| 29 | If you knew someone else with the same attributes , you would feel they must be quite a nice person really , would n't you ? |
| 30 | They could be there a week . |