Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The addresses of under sheriffs are in the Law List , which should be at your local reference library ) . |
| 2 | The debate has continued ever since on whether the main emphasis should be on their economic or their social role . |
| 3 | That should be in my daily . |
| 4 | — come on , I must be off my tiny thorax — |
| 5 | It must be of their inward mental and subtle structure . |
| 6 | HOW proud Karen Costen must be of her two-year-old son who battled on after being given two weeks to live and has finally had a kidney transplant . |
| 7 | No one knew it — although it must be on her medical records somewhere . |
| 8 | If you 're looking for a beach style holiday Playa Del Ingles must be on your short list — it has over four miles of sandy beach stretching from the centre of town to the high sand dunes at Mas Palomas , with plenty of seclusion for those who favour the all over tanning method . |
| 9 | To her credit , she tried very hard not to even once look over at the table , though she was being subjected to the constant tinkle of happy laughter , which made her think Matthew must be at his witty best . |
| 10 | You , you must be round your ideal weight really . |
| 11 | Er , Birmingham region , Brian , who will count G M B Scotland Lancashire region , John who will count Southern Liverpool region , Alan who will count South Western London , Bill who will count Yorkshire Midland , Colin who will count Birmingham Northern , Derek who will count Lancashire G M B Scotland , Mary , who will count Liverpool Southern , Jack who will count London South Western , John , the other John , who will count Midland Yorkshire , Ray who will count Northern er , and now the pep talk it should be emphasized that tellers must remain in the congress hall while congress is in session and of course that delegates must be in their allotted seats when a vote is taken . |
| 12 | Constance looked at Gioella and calculated she must be in her early thirties . |
| 13 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 14 | In short , restoring ordinary people as part of the we who run things , rather than the them for obstacles to be regulated , managed , I fear even duped and certainly simply left out , and the chief place to focus our search for pragmatic coalitions and cooperative democracy must be in our local communities . |
| 15 | IN THE 1920s when John was regularly crossing the world to finalize his deals , he always arranged that every trip ended in New York so that he might be with his darling Mary Read . |
| 16 | And of course I think that maybe the electricians and the , the other tradesmen they might be in their equivalent union . |
| 17 | You 'll be on our bloody phone line if you do n't move your ass |
| 18 | Andrew was the first to speak : his mouth in a wide sneer , he said , ‘ That 'll be over my dead body . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The fact that you 'll be among your old friends , who will all clamour to know where you 've been . ’ |
| 20 | So you 'll be with him in the guest room and I 'll be in my usual bedroom . |
| 21 | He was as capricious and manipulative as his mother could be on her bad days and as violent and arbitrary as his father . |
| 22 | Malicious , slanderous stories which claim the Lady Eleanor was murdered by your son so he could be with his beloved companion , the Gascon , Piers Gaveston . ’ |
| 23 | The first Briton this century to hold a world heavyweight title appeared before the media yesterday at the start of a promotional tour of the ‘ if this is Monday , it must be Glasgow ’ variety and hinted that his next visit could be in his working apparel . |
| 24 | Whatever Shakespeare 's source or inspiration , Pistol is a brilliant invention , locked as he is in a verse-form and range of reference derived from the heroical plays in the London theatres of the 1580s and 1590s , as far removed as could be from his debased reality . |
| 25 | I knew he 'd be inside his ground-floor flat with the door locked before I could get into the hall , no matter how fast I was . |
| 26 | We ask that through Your wisdom , Alan may be to his new church : |
| 27 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 28 | It may be through their particular knowledge , abilities , experience , or contacts — or all of these . |
| 29 | The prospect of increased future earnings will also have no impact where a manager plans to leave the employment market , as will often be the case with chief executives who may be in their final period of office . |
| 30 | Well unacceptable it may be in your present state of mind , but |