Example sentences of "he [modal v] be [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your child finds reading difficult , do n't provide books aimed at younger children because he may be bored by them even though he can understand them . |
| 2 | He may be frightened by crossing a road , by fast cars , by crowds or sudden noises , so that his spasticity increases ; he may panic and freeze in these situations , so that he can not move at all . |
| 3 | He should be free by Wigan . ’ |
| 4 | He must be relieved by Mr Smith 's refusal to reveal whether he would deal with the deficit by raising taxes or cutting spending . |
| 5 | She thought a hand moved , for a moment ; but no , he must be dead by now . |
| 6 | He 'll be knackered by the time he , when he gets back . |
| 7 | Mr Horn called for the resignation of the six men , warning he could be dead by the time they read the letters . |
| 8 | But I remembered I 'd told him to go to bed ; he 'd be asleep by now . |
| 9 | By one o'clock he 'd be staggered by the reels of shiny new bureaucratic red tape and return to the hotel fort where we would lunch by the pool , talk , plan , watch , and he would slowly recuperate . |
| 10 | I AM not a religious person , but I do think that if Jesus was around today he 'd be horrified by the way we celebrate his birth . |
| 11 | He stood for a moment longer , looking at her , unable to speak , seeing that she was so beautiful it was hurtful to him , thinking that in other circumstances he would be unmanned by such beauty , except that he was not unmanned , that was the very last thing … |
| 12 | Labour committee chairman Jim Skinner said he would be concerned by any further erosion of rail services . |
| 13 | In fact , he probably enjoyed the nationwide attention he received and there was nothing in his previous conduct to suggest he would be worried by the escalating costs . |
| 14 | If an engineer is impressed by bats , he will be impressed by countless other examples of living design . |
| 15 | If Mr Lamont was expecting them to unite behind a common policy he will be disappointed but if he wanted a variety of views to choose from he will be pleased by the range of forecasts and advice in their preliminary report . |
| 16 | If Mr Lamont was expecting them to unite behind a policy he will be disappointed but if he wanted a variety of views to choose from he will be pleased by the range of forecasts and advice in their preliminary report . |
| 17 | ‘ He will be dead by the morning , ’ says Dr Hassan Abshir flatly . |
| 18 | If the reader is happy to meet no Albanian , he will be overjoyed by the absence of anyone from India , China or the USSR , for no one in his right mind could imagine that those who dwell in these alien steppes and deserts could either enjoy ‘ states of mind ’ or have anything worth saying about them . |