Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Huyghes ' administration of the museum , which had an average of only fifteen to twenty visitors a day , has been widely criticised as dusty , to say the least , the heavy-handedness and the sheer malice of the campaign against them may be due to clan warfare within the Institut de France and may also have political roots Jean-Paul Scarpitta , for example , was a personal friend of Président Mitterrand 's wife Danièle . |
| 2 | ‘ Faith , I begin to see how I may be serviceable to your lady . |
| 3 | I 'm not quite sure the Labour Party 's picked that out and I may be unfair to them in s it 's not enough if you only see a regional policy d just development and economic led . |
| 4 | I hope my decision to pay tax will help you understand that I accept I must be accountable to those I serve . |
| 5 | And if I 'm friendly towards you in future , you 'll remind yourself , ‘ That man nearly made me his mistress — I must be ice-cold to him , ’ and ice-cold is what you 'll be . ’ |
| 6 | I suppose I should be grateful to be a white man . |
| 7 | ‘ But remember , far from you being beholden to me , it is the other way around , I should be grateful to you . ’ |
| 8 | PAMELA : Indeed , sir , it is impossible I should be ungrateful to your honour or disobedient , but when your commands are contrary to that first duty which will ever be the principle of my life . |
| 9 | I should be used to it by now . |
| 10 | I should be used to it by now , she thought miserably . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I should be happy to . ’ |
| 12 | He hesitated for only a moment , then glanced briefly at Alexandra and said , ‘ I should be happy to . ’ |
| 13 | I should like Alida , she thought , I should be kind to her — I will be kind to her . |
| 14 | Having attended the majority of Linfield 's matches , I had thought that I should be entitled to a ticket to see my other favourites , i.e. , Manchester United . |
| 15 | A any photocopying that needs to be done in great bulk , erm get quotes , and let the company pay for it rather than you paying for it and then pay you back , because I might be able to for instance get an account thingy somewhere |
| 16 | Oh no I might be able to actually no I 'll be able to come in James because I 'm not on until the evening , I can call in on my way to Merseyside . |
| 17 | I might be able to . |
| 18 | I might be able to some in er , in the ordinary account and some in the high interest account . |
| 19 | There 's something else I might be able to . |
| 20 | I might be allergic to dog hair . |
| 21 | I 'll be good to you . |
| 22 | BEATRIX : I 'll be sure to . |
| 23 | ‘ Get me past the walls and the rest is for me to do , and I 'll be grateful to you lifelong . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll be nice to you and smile — |
| 25 | I 'll be nice to you and smile . |
| 26 | I 'll be nice to you and smile . |
| 27 | I 'll be nice to you and smile |
| 28 | it 's bad enough having three kids , he said oh the dogs I 'll be used to looking after kids |
| 29 | Gardiner said : ‘ I 'll be happy to be back in time for the climax . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be happy to … ’ |