Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You 've been known to bend the truth when it suits you , but I must be sure this time . " |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm fed up , sick , sick , sick to here with people saying I should be some other way ! |
| 3 | ‘ If I can crash the 20-second barrier in the final and nick a bronze , then I 'll be one happy Englishman . ’ |
| 4 | Sixteen , I 'll be seventeen this year , oh god I 'm getting old |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll be late this evening — damned tutorials . |
| 6 | Give me a good broad beach with a reasonable slope and not too much seaweed , and a fair-sized stream , and I 'll be happy all day , any day . |
| 7 | I 'll be thirty-one this year . ’ |
| 8 | I said , well I said er I 'll ask Peter , I know there is one down there but whether it 's for sale or not , I said I 'll be cheeky this morning and ask him . |
| 9 | no diamond rings and I 'll be satisfied that money just ca n't buy |
| 10 | And I 'll be free one day . |
| 11 | Until she decides to have another ripping I 'll be glad next year when they go out in the garden again , do you know what I mean ? |
| 12 | As long as I 'm not I said , Are you sure it 's not going to be too late , cos I 'll be forty five minutes . |
| 13 | ‘ If I was a lord , ’ observed Grimm , ‘ I 'd be tetchy first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 14 | But if she disappeared I 'd be worried all time . |
| 15 | ‘ Personally , I 'd be happier watching television back in the hotel . ’ |
| 16 | I shall be miserable all night ! ’ |
| 17 | I will be available this evening and all day tomorrow . |
| 18 | I will be married next winter . |
| 19 | I will be 83 next week and just ca n't be bothered any more … |
| 20 | In terms of prospecting , I usually do the training exhibition at the N E C every July , er , in eighty six , a man came onto my stand and we chatted for half an hour , he then said to tell you the truth I 'm not interested now , but I will be interested next May . |
| 21 | Whether I decide to be , for current purposes , pre-eminently a parent or a child , a woman , a teacher , a part-time seamstress , a member of the Patel family or caste , a Gujerati , a Briton or an Indian , a citizen of Leicester , a taxpayer , a chess player and so on depends upon the task in hand rather than some inherent singularity , for I can be all these things simultaneously and without discomfort . |
| 22 | ‘ No , well , if 'e was still alive , 'e 'd be 119 next month . ’ |
| 23 | Well she might be that little bit further on let's face it I mean |
| 24 | You 'll be eight this year |
| 25 | ‘ I hope you 'll be famous one day , as you deserve to be , with that voice , ’ I said . |
| 26 | You 'll be all bloody day with it here one a day is it ? |
| 27 | then you 'll be employing other people |
| 28 | Yes , you 're gon na damage your wheel , but you 'll be safer that way . |
| 29 | Cos you 'll be six this year wo n't you ? |
| 30 | I I suppose in the in the light of what 's been said I I am slightly uneasy erm particularly going back to the erm I five discussion that that we had yesterday and you you 'll be aware that part of our objection to the erm the policy put forward by the county council re related to the specific wording of the of the policy and the the flexibility available to local authorities in in terms of allocating land erm that best serves the needs of potential developers and investors . |