Example sentences of "they [modal v] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many acts of trespass , breaches of contract , violations of copyright , and so on , regrettable as some of them may be on other grounds , have no implications one way or another for the stability of the government and the law . |
| 2 | Well a cos then you can pick them up altogether if , are you with me , if you 're doing the rounds for your friends cos some of them 'll be on there and some 'll be Pick them up from the front , it 's just that some of the stuff will be at the front and some of it wo n't . |
| 3 | Well I kept well I I got on alright with him cos he I were a lot younger and he used to give me sixpence to go and get some ice cream so as I them would be on their own a bit you see . |
| 4 | As far as the charter is concerned they may be on the right track ( if for the wrong reasons ) . |
| 5 | Manufacturing and service companies in the Midlands believe they may be on the brink of an economic turnaround . |
| 6 | These two images , however irreconcilable they may be on the surface , are , nonetheless , merely variants of a single conception of human beings and human behaviour , exemplars of a paradigm within which the character of human relations is seen not as growing out of human purposes and choices , but as determined by some natural state of human beings . |
| 7 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 8 | Initiating pupils into theology is an essential part of RE , so that they may be on the wavelength of the major religions and be able — if they wish — to use their language and outlooks to make sense of their own personal experience . |
| 9 | Research topics do not need to be immediately related to BP Chemicals operations but they must be on environmental matters . |
| 10 | So they must be on different sides . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They must be on some bonus for the FA Cup semi final — none of them want to miss it ! |
| 12 | ‘ They must be on the F-Plan diet . ’ |
| 13 | They must be on some sort of a one of the meters or somebody 's meter or somewhere . |
| 14 | If the government thinks that they 're going to solve the problem by just lashing out four hundred thousand pounds for sixteen pitches , then they are certainly mistaken , because the mere fact of these people 's business , whether they 're in scrap , whether they 're dealing in furniture , means that they must be on the move all the time . |
| 15 | They look as though they should be on horseback flying towards the sun . |
| 16 | It is impossible for us to know exactly what circumstances combine to bring these extreme rarities to the islands : after breeding in north-eastern Siberia , they should be on their way to Manchuria for the winter . |
| 17 | These facts make them more reliant than they should be on the good opinion of their partners . |
| 18 | probably destroyed but they should be on disk . |
| 19 | Apparently they should be on their way because Nottingham was er |
| 20 | On that ground alone they should be on their guard against accepting any of the glib answers that have so far been put forward either by theologians or philosophers or biologists or even fellow anthropologists . |
| 21 | ‘ Now that Susan and Gay know there 's something queer going on , they 'll be on the look-out — naturally . |
| 22 | I suppose they 'll be on our side now . ’ |
| 23 | These they 'll be on the front of the paper . |
| 24 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
| 25 | ‘ What makes you so sure they 'll be on this ferry , anyway ? ’ |
| 26 | But soon they 'll be on a plane back to America on the orders of a High Court Judge . |
| 27 | we 've one winner already … and they 'll be on their way to Aintree tomorrow compliments of the Central South Grand National Competition |
| 28 | They 'll be on stage in The Witches for a week in Swindon . |
| 29 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 30 | They 'll be on our lawn next ! |