Example sentences of "we [modal v] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all this is that because of the divergence of Belfast English from other varieties and the internal divergence within it , we do not know beforehand what is the correct lexical input to any phonological variable , we do not necessarily know what the variants of the variable are , and we may not be at all certain about what precisely might count as a variable . |
| 2 | Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines . |
| 3 | We may not be in the First Eleven , but we are a pretty strong team , Hazlitt , Charles Lamb , Beerbohm , Chesterton and Haverford Downs . |
| 4 | ‘ We may not be in the same league as Servette but where we score over most teams is with our spirit . |
| 5 | In The Selfish Gene I speculated that we may now be on the threshold of a new kind of genetic takeover . |
| 6 | If we wish to know why hysteria is now so rare and why modern forms of psychopathology in general seem so often removed from their classical , nineteenth and early twentieth-century manifestations , we may now be in a position to give at least part of the answer . |
| 7 | Having said this , I still believe there are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature . |
| 8 | One is right and the others wrong , although we may never be in a position to tell which . |
| 9 | They slid on to the bench opposite us , making pleasantries about how cold the weather had become and that we should soon be on the road for Somerset . |
| 10 | Yes , I mean the other thing is if we are absolutely honest , which we should n't be with a microphone in front of us but , if we 're absolutely honest , you know this , this is a bit of work that we 're trying to make simple |
| 11 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 12 | Nobody stands up and says that we should n't be in the business at all , we should get rid of all of them , so all the argument about how many . |
| 13 | If we can average 1.5–2 pts between now and 8th January ( AND beat Scum ) we should still be in there with a shout . |
| 14 | We should now be in a position to answer Herbert Schniedau 's question : ‘ Can any man who identifies himself with the British world of letters … write a fair-minded book about Pound ? ’ |
| 15 | We must surely be at a stage now where almost every angler on a given match has the ability to win it , given a draw . |
| 16 | By inviting people to follow Christ , we must also be in a position to include the invitation to join us in the pilgrimage . |
| 17 | The circularity is now plain : to apply the definition , we must already be in a position to distinguish idiomatic from non-idiomatic expressions . |
| 18 | We must always be on the lookout for |
| 19 | ‘ British Sugar often want to move a load at very short notice and we must always be at the ready ’ he adds . |
| 20 | Er , we must now be with Andrew . |
| 21 | We 'll soon be on one way . |
| 22 | After many hours of travelling they passed a sign that read ‘ WE 'LL SOON BE AT PRAIL ’ . |
| 23 | We 'll soon be at the station , and it 'll be noisy enough there . ’ |
| 24 | Anyway since editing is the main problem , what we 're going to do this afternoon is , actually , I 'm going to show you another video and again it 's a very controversial one , again it 's used in , in teaching situations , again it has a biased point of view in the sense that it 's produced by National Power , er clearly as a P R job for introduction into schools erm and I want you to do the same exercise , but this time I want us to edit them among ourselves and what I 'm going to do is to get you to wri write your reviews and then we 'll divide into small groups , while you 're watching it I 'll co I 'll count how , however many people we 've got here , we 'll copy the reviews and in the same groups I want you to edit one another 's reviews and then er discuss them within the groups once you 've , once you 've marked them so we 'll get into the small , we 'll do the review we 'll write the review and then we will er , I distribute the , you can go and have a cup of coffee while we copy them , then we 'll distribute them , you can mark them , er individually on your own and then we 'll get into a group and you can criticize one another 's reviews , we 'll take them one at a time , we 'll probably be in groups of four , okay , but I 'll see , I 'll see how many , what the most suitable number is , okay so , if you , would you be kind enough to that |
| 25 | We 'll probably be in Exeter by tomorrow night . ’ |
| 26 | If we hurry , we 'll just be on time . ’ |
| 27 | We might instead be in the hands of Dr Desperate , Dr Impatient , Dr Needabed or Dr. About-to-go-on-holiday . |
| 28 | There was then the suspense of waiting for it to come in , and my fear that we might not be on the right platform or that the Great Western had forgotten about it . |
| 29 | We might not be in this situation now . |
| 30 | We might even be aboard a bandwagon . |