Example sentences of "[ex0] [modal v] be [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be many things you would like to say in this report but there will only be room for important ones . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , there 'll be some things happening on election night . |
| 3 | There might be some things in here . |
| 4 | But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ I am sure that if I had my time again there would be many things I would do differently ’ , but went on : ‘ Criticism is part of the price of leadership . ’ |
| 6 | There will be many things for her to think about and remember , at a time when she may be feeling quite disturbed emotionally , and you can do much to ease the strain of it all for her . |
| 7 | As you walk along the scene will change slightly and there will be more things for you to experience . |
| 8 | The first , and most natural , reaction to this is to reject the suggestion that there can be such things as non-descriptive , simple referential symbols . |