Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People you 'd been helping might offer you something . |
| 2 | ‘ I know you mean well , but , try as I might , I ca n't think that what you are suggesting would be right — not for either of us . |
| 3 | League tables of examination results , destinations of school leavers , truancy rates and all the other items that we are suggesting will be an important aid towards improving parental choice . |
| 4 | It will be objected that what I am suggesting will be the death of ‘ standards ’ in schools , and especially in the sixth form . |
| 5 | The department to which you are applying can advise you on these extra costs . |
| 6 | In any case , solicitors and RFLs who have formed MNPs are invited to notify Records , since a knowledge of the way in which MNPs are developing will be of interest and use , and will help to prevent errors arising from inadequate information . |
| 7 | ‘ None of the products we are developing will be as big as the big blockbusters of the past . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The men we are seeking may be wet and bedraggled and possibly injured and we are fairly confident they are still in the area . ’ |
| 9 | The type of audience you are addressing will affect what you will say and how you say it . |
| 10 | If , however , you are resident but there is a chance that you might move , the country where you are living would not qualify as your domicile . |
| 11 | We should act only in a professional or agency capacity in connection with negotiations ( ie not as principal ) and the client for whom we are acting should be clearly identified . |
| 12 | We should normally act only in a professional or agency capacity in connection with negotiations ( ie not as principal ) and the client for whom we are acting should be clearly identified . |
| 13 | The properties that we 're building will be available er , the initial lettings a and sales will be one hundred percent er , to council nominees subsequent lettings and nominations will be at seventy one percent which is the maximum level that we can agree under the housing corporation rules . |
| 14 | And too often erm you know when you 're dealing with , with other companies , cos remember the people you 're seeing will be seeing people from other companies , they will overlook it as well whereas if you take it into account they will be impressed . |
| 15 | Not like you 're using can can , they 're doing the can can . |
| 16 | And just because the software you 're using can do transaction processing it does n't mean it can do decision support . |
| 17 | Although they might ask where you 're living might n't they . |
| 18 | We 're going would you believe it to . |
| 19 | Well , if you 're going could you pick up my white jacket at the same time … |
| 20 | All right , so you 're saying then that the person that you 're interviewing could be doing , take a stopwatch with them , just to thirty seconds answers . |
| 21 | Well you 'd better go and do the paying this week then then you can do the tape while you 're paying ca n't you ? |
| 22 | I do n't think we 're gon na have Thomas very well we 're baking can we ? |
| 23 | And if this candidate they 're sending should be more interested in Home Rule for Ireland than our Ten Hours ' Bill then what of it ? |
| 24 | So this two-year orgy we 're having must form part of his personal campaign . |
| 25 | ‘ Whatever you 're having will be fine . |
| 26 | People who do n't know what they 're doing can kill birds of prey — their weight is very delicately balanced , as you 've seen from the trouble I had finding the right flying weight for Dawn . |
| 27 | Remember , however , that if you 're asking them to become engaged in a problem in any depth , simply clapping your hands and asking them to stop what they 're doing can be quite destructive . |
| 28 | He said : ’ I 'm aware that what we 're saying may be used but we do believe it is the most energising thing that has happened in my 21 years as a GP It has been good for care , public health and management . ’ |
| 29 | EP : What I suggest we do — nothing 's going to be decided today — I can arrange for you to have a look at one of these weekly residential schools — at this stage we 're saying let's look . |
| 30 | We 're saying let's integrate the mainframe , let's take advantage of the processing that it can do and its er strengths , and ye let's use it as a server which is available on a network in a client server architecture . |