Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've backed a couple of horses , and if you 'll be gone the next day , you stay there like everybody else and listen to the commentaries . |
| 2 | We might be given the first few pages to be going on with , and as we went along more pages would arrive . |
| 3 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 4 | It was held that they could be convicted a second time and made to pay compensation to a second victim who had read a copy of the same brochure . |
| 5 | They would be given a 15-second credit at the start of each programme , 10 seconds at the end and the chance to screen their name either side of the break ! |
| 6 | But I find myself left with what may be called the first main proposition of this book : |