Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Grant , I 'll need to be away or I 'll miss my bus . |
| 2 | They 've said would n't you like to be somewhere where there 's people you can talk to an that and she said yeah , did n't she ? |
| 3 | Do you like to be there because other people like to be there ? |
| 4 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 5 | This is admittedly an extreme case since Germany has passed from the , in theory , most complete pan-German political unity under Hitler to a situation where at least two states coexisted which could claim to be all or part of the German nation . |
| 6 | It was a pathetic spectacle and to be honest I must confess to being more than a little annoyed at being trapped in a railway carriage and forced to listen to this poor soul lurching nearer to a grave in the gutter . |
| 7 | I think , I think that in any , I mean in , in , in , if you wan na , if you wan na look at it in terms I mean I think labour it it 's always gon na have to be there and I think the biological constraints put the you know , sharpened device |
| 8 | His debt did not have to be less than £20 ; it could be for any amount . |
| 9 | It may have to be less if we are rushed . |
| 10 | well that is a problem we all have to suffer Jan , erm and this shipment , this really should n't have to be more than ten or fifteen minutes work with you and Marty |
| 11 | She did n't want to be here when it was completely dark . |
| 12 | I do n't want to be here when she comes back . ’ |
| 13 | Other things to be observed would be the patient 's appearance , presence or absence of heat and sweat in different areas of the body , his behaviour and mood , what he wants in his surroundings and environment , does he want to be still or moving , if he moves why does he move , does he want fresh air or to be covered , or both , or neither , and so on ! |
| 14 | I do n't want to go back to the Evans 's , I really do n't , I never did want to be there but it 's worse now , not better . |
| 15 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |
| 17 | As she sorted through the family heirlooms in the 29-bedroom Victorian mansion in preparation , Betty said : ‘ I do n't want to be there when people are prying into my private belongings . |
| 18 | ‘ I can see you 'd want to be there if Dana was discovered with Garry , ’ she laughed . |
| 19 | The national economic and political environment is likely to be far more important for most companies , particularly since they will tend to be nationally or even transnationally organized . |
| 20 | No , no , I know what you mean , and on the whole yes , you 're right ; your modern fairy-tale — I do n't just mean what 's miscalled ‘ science fiction ’ , but all the stories that feed the modern hunger for the supernatural — they do tend to be more or less moral now . |
| 21 | That will tend to be offshore as banks and building societies in this country have to deduct tax at source . |
| 22 | It does not come into being only when instantiated . |
| 23 | only in the sense that driving while drunk is wrong , and would cease to be so if medical obstacles were removed ? |
| 24 | But it does seem to be again if we 're going back to Government guidance who are justifying extra policies to be brought forward to this alteration , it is a serious omission this alteration that there is no policy which deals with rural affordable housing . |
| 25 | Therefore i if we , if he done that then that paragraph would seem to be slightly and the second point was really to ask if there was any further update on the progress in terms of negotiations in Surrey and East Sussex er in terms of this erm particular by-pass and I know that Mr in particular has been concerned with negotiations and Mrs also erm Mrs is not here therefore as Mr could advise me for us o of where we 're at really , so that we fully understand because obviously the the line of the by-pass is very important so far as any further development is is concerned . |
| 26 | In the case of the work of the Mexican Alberto Gironella , the reason would seem to be precisely because of his insistent concentration on art of a very different category — that of Spain during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , particularly court portraiture . |
| 27 | This would still seem to be so if most , though not all , the terms are standard — if , say , there are minor variations from one buyer to another ( e.g. as to the commodity or the quantity bought or the price to be paid ) . |
| 28 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 29 | ‘ These are difficult times for all of us , ’ thundered the editorial , ‘ and will continue to be so until we are reaping the full benefits of North Sea oil . |
| 30 | ‘ The county council are taking seriously their request for a speed restriction on a stretch of road which has proven dangerous in the past and will continue to be so if action is not taken . ’ |