Example sentences of "he [modal v] [be] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be to Ally McCoist what Jimmy Millar was to Ralph Brand , he may possess the aerial threat of a Willie Thornton , a Derek Johnstone , but Hateley contributes skill where those previous Rangers centre-forwards lent mainly bravado . |
| 2 | We do this by assuming that it is in fact cooperative , and then asking ourselves what possible connection there could be between the location of Bill and the location of a yellow VW , and thus arrive at the suggestion ( which B effectively conveys ) that , if Bill has a yellow VW , he may be in Sue 's house . |
| 3 | If he does not do so , he may be in breach of his contract and liable to the parties in damages for the consequences . |
| 4 | This kind of gossip and these misunderstandings only served to bring home to him how grateful he should be to Theo , who was now a believer and supported him willingly . |
| 5 | He felt himself passing his tongue over his lips ; it was unreal , everything that was happening ; he should be at home in the parlour , playing the piano , staring at the |
| 6 | He should be at home in his father 's mansion , not listening to the ranting of some deranged maniac on the eve of what must surely be the one of the largest battles in the Empire 's history . |
| 7 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional , rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 8 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional , rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 9 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 10 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 11 | But really he should be in Germany |
| 12 | It was obvious he was good , it was obvious he should be in FI , but somehow he dallied and twiddled and procrastinated and did n't get around to it seriously until he was thirty-six years old and then it took him only three years to become champion . |
| 13 | ‘ He was enormously complex and he had an almost inner pain about who he was sexually , what his role was , where he should be in life . |
| 14 | ‘ If one of you is a police constable , surely he should be in uniform ? ’ |
| 15 | " He should be in hospital , " Patrick said immediately . |
| 16 | A mini psychopath , I thought , and maybe not so mini , at that , if Xanthe thought he should be in jail . |
| 17 | Unilever has high expectations of its booming cosmetics business , and if Burgmans delivers the goods , he should be in line for one of the coveted jobs on the so-called chief executive committee which governs the Anglo-Dutch enterprise . |
| 18 | Torquay and fire prevention oh I said he must be with Richard , yes she said he is |
| 19 | So he must be on Alan and Dee . |
| 20 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 21 | He is lovely er er he must be in Duncan 's er what house is Duncan in ? |
| 22 | Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive . |
| 23 | ‘ He 'll be with fairground people , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , staring into her teacup as if she was reading the leaves . |
| 24 | He 'll be at Laura Lynch 's . |
| 25 | He 'll be at Stoke Mandeville for some time and will receive schooling with lessons in English . |
| 26 | He 'll be at home now . |
| 27 | He 'll be at home tonight about nine . |
| 28 | I 'll just leave it there he 'll be at home with his mother now watching them on the telly . |
| 29 | He 'll be at home . |
| 30 | No he 'll be at school , just me and you , scrubbing away at the floor you 'd rather do it with Christopher would n't you ? |