Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he should be giving you a million to three . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'll be makin' you a bleedin' colonel before you 've finished , ’ said Tommy . |
| 3 | In fact we 'll be sending you a small sum this time , for the difference . " |
| 4 | David Tait had arrived in New York in March , with the instructions to ‘ set up an airline ; we 'll be sending you a 747 a day in three months time ’ . |
| 5 | I take it you 'll be staying her a few days ? ’ |
| 6 | So — I 'll be writing you a boring letter about business matters , but ca n't we meet ? |
| 7 | By moving out of the way , we 'll be giving them a clear run . |
| 8 | Naturally I do n't want to risk a recurrence of the trouble , but equally , I hate missing any Ireland match and I 'll be giving it a full blast in the final training session to make sure I 'm 100 per cent . |
| 9 | He believes that sheep farmers who think only about the pound in their pocket could be doing themselves a great disservice . |
| 10 | But this quality is balanced by the paradoxical notion that Bellay may be giving us a clearer view of what things are actually like , as though reality were an infinitely accessible enigma . |
| 11 | To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice . |
| 12 | A long-term , good investment would be to give him a separate building in which to tell the tale of twentieth-century art before the twentieth century is quite at an end . |
| 13 | They confirmed that Laura 's best hope of life would be to give her a new bowel , stomach , pancreas , liver and kidneys . |
| 14 | The ‘ opposition ’ governors imagine themselves to be more important than they really are ; they have state , not federal , responsibilities ; their comments on federal matters should therefore not be regarded as of primary importance ; and , if they were reported fully at all times , this would be giving them a greater prominence in national affairs than they deserve . |
| 15 | well — we are sixth from bottom and I guess Pool will be giving us a hard time at Anfield after loosing against Spurs . |
| 16 | Diane is a DesignaKnit dealer and she will be demonstrating it a various events , including the Webbington Show at the end of October . |
| 17 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 18 | If you can procur [ sic ] me any porters for this , the finest and most perfect work I have yet attempted , you will be doing me a real kindness ; you are aware that neither pains or expense will be spared to render it complete . ’ |
| 19 | An important role will be deciding what a fair rate of return for the academics should be in any given project . |