Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Over the years the Victor has not had the glamour or attention that has been bestowed on the Vulcan so I am seriously considering starting a Handley Page Victor Association . |
2 | So I was there until Sean was seventeen months , which put a strain on all of us , I think . |
3 | ‘ Perhaps you 're right but there are not many who would shift the blame on to a brother 's shoulders . |
4 | So she 's completely and totally paralysed but she 's paralysed and can feel pain . |
5 | And so she 's more or less chained to a desk then is she ? |
6 | So you are completely and totally paralysed . |
7 | So we 're more or less where we left off last November . |
8 | Perhaps there was more than a grain of truth in the remark of one of his closest colleagues that Keynes ‘ had never spent the twenty minutes necessary to understand the theory of value ’ . |
9 | Suddenly there was somewhere where you could ‘ be ’ in peace , where plots could be hatched , messages got across and , best of all , where romance could be safely experienced . |
10 | I think I might , I du n no I 've got ta think of ways to change it so there 's more than one line taken |
11 | Suddenly they were awkwardly and hopelessly united . |
12 | Sure enough they were there and the smallest was introduced as my date . |
13 | ‘ Mum says she would n't mind if only he was home and we could all be killed together . ’ |
14 | Perhaps it 's just that we do n't have enough of those long , thin granite cracks . |
15 | Yeah , perhaps it 's just that I know some of the loonies that go up there and get what they want every time . |
16 | Perhaps it 's just because you do n't like her ? |
17 | Perhaps it 's simply because they do n't really know how to go about it . |
18 | Perhaps it 's best if I hand over now to Nick to run through the proposals there are some amendments to the one that you had as appendix one erm I do n't think any of them are too substantial . |
19 | They can be interested on the central questions , if the central questions are sent in a framework that they do understand , and perhaps it 's best when it 's done by somebody who is bold , not afraid of being amateurish , not afraid of being controversial , because theology erm is a world that can mean obfuscation . |
20 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
21 | Perhaps it is right that the official institutions of a community should express moral judgements on behalf of its law-abiding members — but why should it have to take form of punishment ? |
22 | Perhaps it is only because the duties of citizenship have been reduced to a minimum in those societies , with even voting being voluntary in most of them , that they survive as unitary states at all . |
23 | Perhaps the enormity of what he was doing got to him — the difference , perhaps between hardened professional and gifted amateur — or perhaps it was simply that the holes became too tough for him . |
24 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
25 | Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well , being new to it , and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways ? |
26 | Glancing from beneath her lashes , Lindsey studied his profile , and found it unnerving , or perhaps it was simply that the confining space of the small car did n't allow much distance between driver and passenger . |
27 | Perhaps it was simply because I 've never fawned or flattered her . |
28 | Perhaps it was here that ogres and giants used to lure their victims . |
29 | Perhaps it was just that Gildas was closest , he understood most , and although their friendship was impregnable , they could still hurt each other . |
30 | Perhaps he could n't bear to , perhaps it was just that he felt his marriage to be a private affair . |