Example sentences of "[noun sg] [det] [det] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The happy medium mean between the extremes of hot and cold furnishes to the chaste and sober eye all that can be wished for . ’ |
| 2 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 3 | Of course all this must be much worse if you are a climber rather than a hill-walker . |
| 4 | For one day all this could be yours . |
| 5 | After what seemed an age all that could be heard were little hiccups . |
| 6 | Of the baby all that could be seen were two stiff arms poking up out of a manger well supplied with bright yellow straw . |