Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supporters insist nothing would be lost other than a small car park and the steps leading up to the Prado 's ‘ Goya ’ entrance . |
| 2 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
| 3 | I mean I 'd be sacked otherwise . |
| 4 | I mean I should be finished in time for that weekend . |
| 5 | Any reports that readers send me will be treated with complete confidentiality . |
| 6 | Those who touch nothing will be left alone unless they join in any fight . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 8 | I then expect I will be tortured , and if they see I do n't die they will poison me . |
| 9 | I realise I must be wanted by the police for Saul Judge 's death , but it was not murder . |
| 10 | This ‘ map ’ has many advantages : it preserves a record of the sample in its initial state before treatment ; it gives an overall view of the section or peel which can be used as a guide for subsequent detailed work , and it offers a convenient and rapid way of comparing samples . |
| 11 | Adventurers who fail the test feel weak and chilled , and shiver violently for 1 round when leaving the tower ( penalty of -20 to any I test which must be made , for any reason , during this round ) . |
| 12 | National pay settlements and negotiating arrangements hinder that process which would be improved , they argue , by ‘ flexibility ’ in wage-rates and local pay bargaining . |
| 13 | Touch Typing Tutor is a Windows program which can be used as a training aid for the novice or as a method for the more accomplished typist to improve their speed and accuracy . |
| 14 | The voltage applied to each phase circuit is a d.c. supply which can be switched on or off in the positive or negative sense . |
| 15 | I expect you will be allowed to meet her . |
| 16 | The IRB rules are that if you have a positive drug test you should be banned from the game for two years ’ — JOHN MAYHEW ( NZRFU doctor for the tour to Australia and South Africa ) on the quashing of drugs sentences on South Africans Balie Swart and Elandre van den Bergh . |
| 17 | Moving from gardening to a musical metaphor , the poetic , sensuous qualities of her paintings suggest they could be experienced , like percussion instruments , through vibrations on the skin or in the bones . |
| 18 | Er the remainder of the regional representatives are in the agenda and I suggest they can be seen there and not repeated here and if I may then go on Ma'am , Council asked that we would in fact announce the results of the windsurfing committee election at the A G M and again in alphabetical order a Mr , Mr , Mr , Mr , Mr and Miss Bill North West Region . |
| 19 | The councils say they 'll be forced to cut services . |
| 20 | Passengers say they 'll be stranded in their homes , but that they do n't blame the drivers . |
| 21 | They 're ductile malleable do n't need the proper words you just say they can be pulled out . |
| 22 | The government 's already got rid of a minimum wage in industry , but farmworkers say they must be treated as a special case . |
| 23 | Squatters say they could be forced to sleep on the streets by new Government measures aimed at speeding up their eviction . |
| 24 | The officers blame the private catering company for the standard of food and say they should be sacked . |
| 25 | This is presumably what the police are referring to when they say they should be left to deal with problems in the force themselves . |
| 26 | The travellers say they should be allowed to lead a nomadic life . |
| 27 | you see , the fact they say they should be allowed to sell |
| 28 | Officials laugh ruefully at the miserable performance of collective farming , and suggest it may be phased out . |
| 29 | They suggest it can be used on IVF embryos , or embryos flushed from a woman 's womb before implantation takes place , in order to screen for sex-linked genetic conditions , for instance haemophilia , which mostly affects males . |
| 30 | I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted . |