Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That homework should last approximately half an hour or whatever it consists of , erm reading , written work , finishing off drawing research whatever that homework should be handed in the next day , form teachers to remind classes of this and to co-ordinate delivery of the books , papers etcetera to the member of teaching staff and that the non production of homework is to be the concern of the member of of teaching staff and not the form teacher , although regular non producers will be the concern of us all . |
| 2 | He 'll be breaking up the twentieth and how long you on holiday , fortnight ? |
| 3 | Mind you , I mean there 's no point they 'll be looking up the first word of each of these |
| 4 | ‘ All I will say is that you could wake up one day and be told a threat had been lifted , and it could be enforced again the next day . |
| 5 | With at least six candidates — five Conservative and one Labour — now in the race to replace Mr Bernard Wetherill , intense behind-the-scenes soundings will be taken over the next week to try to reach a compromise . |
| 6 | The original design , held over to eke out what it can during the transition , will be scrapped once the second design comes on-line . |