Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , she 's here , so she must think there is some chance of patching things up — not that it 's any of my business , and not that I care . ’ |
| 2 | He conducted sermons , and met many Nez Perce headmen , including Tuekakas , of whom he wrote : ‘ If there is one among this multitude who it may be hoped has been everlastingly benefitted by the gospel , I should believe it is this man ’ . |
| 3 | If it should drop there 's less chance of it hitting anyone 's foot . |
| 4 | The intensification of the war increased when on 10 June 1940 , Mussolini , making one of his last balcony performances , declared war , so that my newly-projected book on Italy seemed of immediate relevance , though whether I should complete it was another matter . |
| 5 | I must admit there was more enjoyment than effort in making this easy , yet delicious meal . |
| 6 | I must admit I am surprised Mother did n't come to meet me . ’ |
| 7 | I tell you what though , I must say there 's less water here since , she 's , she 's left in the garden because it used to lay here did n't it ? |
| 8 | Let's assume they 're all self sufficient , the world market essentially becomes a residual market , it 's not the market place where everyone goes any longer , it 's the market where just a few people will go . |
| 9 | YOU might think there 's enough railway heritage in the North-East to satisfy anybody . |
| 10 | Mr said he did n't have the heart to tell them how , you might think it 's good value but he did n't when he 'd only paid fifteen pounds fifty a ticket . |
| 11 | Whether he 'll do anything is another matter . ’ |
| 12 | You 'll mind it was pouring rain ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 14 | I do n't see myself , but I 'm sure I strange man might wonder what is this woman ? |
| 15 | He 'll say it 's all part of continual assessment : the whole point of the course is mass hysteria . |
| 16 | Then I suppose they 'll say it 's all management 's fault , and people will believe them . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've probably come across his work , ’ Bridget went on , ‘ though I 'm sure you 'd think it was pretentious rubbish . |
| 18 | Somebody moved around inside , then I could feel there was another person on the other side of the door , listening . |
| 19 | I could see there was more work looming . |
| 20 | How the chancellor of the exchequer performs in his new job could decide who is prime minister a year from now |
| 21 | Whether they 'd distribute it is another matter . |
| 22 | But the Frenchman was murmuring to him , a quick flow of English mixed with French , about nothing much , but Miranda could tell it was some business they had together . |
| 23 | You could say there 's some room for rationalisation , ’ says Nissan 's British importer . |
| 24 | With all this yuppie rubbish at the moment , I 'd say it 's long hair , neat but sexy clothes , of course long nails , straight teeth , small nose , big eyes , shaved armpits and legs , nice perfume , and an independent-but-dying-to-be-subservient look about her . |
| 25 | Erm well I 'd say it 's curly sort of oh it 's dark hair , curlyish |
| 26 | Using that as a working theory , I 'd say there was some sort of time limit involved — I mean , a time during which it is imperative for people not to know that he 's dead , but a time that comes to an end , after which it does n't matter so much . " |
| 27 | With all this , as you 'd imagine there are endless walking possibilities . |
| 28 | Cos I used to think it 's this hand is n't it ? |
| 29 | There 's a lot of burglaries round I admit yeah , but there 's not much violence and drugs and things like that , so I I used to think it was good living round . |
| 30 | The generally pragmatic ethos of British higher education in matters of course planning means that some basic , theoretical problems may never really be faced or thrashed out , although the process of having to formulate and present an interdisciplinary case to the CNAA may mean there is some difference between the polytechnics/colleges and universities in this respect . |