Example sentences of "i [modal v] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be being a bit paranoid , but if there is any bother , it will be the ones decked out as Leeds fans that get the trouble . |
| 2 | ‘ Where I 'll be is right here in Liskeard , for the most part seated at this very desk . ’ |
| 3 | There had to be agencies and clinics that were competent to deal with drug abuse , while the best I could be was an enthusiastic amateur , and that was rarely good enough . |
| 4 | I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) . |
| 5 | All I would be was a punchbag for his escaping fury , the entity he saw as a new unbearable threat to his dominance in Tremayne 's stable ; the interloper , usurper , legitimate target . |