Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Several minutes after we returned , my station officer called me in to his office and warned me that as I was not working by London Ambulance Service guidelines I would be stood down without pay . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps that was what mothers meant when they insisted you should change your underwear daily for fear you should be run over . |
| 3 | If anything happened at light you 'd be mixed up were n't you ? |
| 4 | If they did n't pay the rent they could be turned out of the house and have to sleep in a ditch . |
| 5 | They should n't be programmed for a pattern during these exercises , in other words they would be turned off , or they too will respond to the pattern and show a different needle movement . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if they have mortgage arrears they can be called up by the Public Carriage Office for questioning . |
| 7 | With the insertion of implants it could be carried out at any age , but the sensible option would be prophylactic mastectomy either at the completion of her family or at the menopause . ’ |
| 8 | If you receive an application form as a response to a job application or as a preliminary to an interview it should be filled in and returned promptly . |
| 9 | I mean now , the erm the social workers erm are care managers in a lot of cases , in other words it may be contracted out to somebody else to do the actual caring and you look at the package which the client is getting , you know it might be I du n no some old dear who needs meals on wheels and visits every week or something |
| 10 | The instructions warn that if the stove burns with a high yellow flame it should be turned off at the fuel valve and allowed to cool . |
| 11 | With defensive fields I would fire the ball in , and if I finally achieved a breakthrough I would be taken out of the attack . |
| 12 | In late winter they should be cut back hard to leave a few cm ( in ) of stem , otherwise they can become rather straggly . |
| 13 | In lighter winds they can be picketed out , facing into wind with the wings level . |
| 14 | Hence , if increased trade union bargaining power led to high wage settlements they could be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices . |
| 15 | After a brief stop-over at Patriot Hills they will be flown on to Punta Arenas in Chile where the expedition radio base was located . |
| 16 | More or less universal was the practice of allowing cash or kind allowances to married men with children , to bring their basic earnings up to a bare living ; in return they could be hired out in gangs , work on the roads , or if the critics are to be believed , do nothing . |
| 17 | If a , the violence is within marriage it should be sorted out within the marriage which I , you know , I do n't agree with . |
| 18 | Before leaving the question of Molla Husrev 's Muftilik it must be pointed out that further documentary evidence calls in question one element of the account , namely the assertion that Molla Husrev built his medrese on going to Bursa after his falling-out with Mehmed II . |
| 19 | But if you kill Bernard you 'll be thrown out of UNACO . |
| 20 | The Spanish laws against drug use in those days were exceptionally severe , and I was terrified in case you should be found out by the police or the drug squad . |
| 21 | In many organisations you will be put through to a secretary whose job it is to filter calls . |
| 22 | After twenty-eight days they would be taken out , washed and packed in hogsheads , and pressed for about ten days . |
| 23 | With prayer we would be brought out of them . |
| 24 | At other times we will be called out to the scene . |
| 25 | ‘ One day you will be allowed out but you will be allowed out as opposed to divorcing , ’ Penny told her , confirming Diana 's existing opinion that she would never become queen . |
| 26 | Thus , amongst policemen and women working in ‘ hard ’ areas of high tension , policing in Easton is abused as family disputes and barking dogs , a caricature which many respondents hold and is even reproduced by constables at Easton : ‘ One minute you could be called out , someone 's budgie has escaped and is flying around the living-room . |
| 27 | The next minute you could be called out to a sudden death . |
| 28 | When working with mice in an isolator they may be picked up by the base of their tail using a pair of large forceps with rubber sleeves on their tips . |
| 29 | But wherever they end up , there 's a good chance they 'll be moved on again in the next few weeks — 28 groups have been moved on in the last 18 months and the County Council is moving on another group from Kirtlington , north of Oxford tomorrow . |
| 30 | ‘ Oldham like to attack but then naturally there is a chance they can be caught out at the back so it is up to us to exploit that . ’ |