Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , now I must n't be seen to be indicating in any way that er you do n't have to bother with it all , because they too put all out some excellent er booklets , brochures I 've got two thick pads of them which I 'll let you circulate . |
| 2 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 3 | ‘ I move quickly so that I should n't be trampled to death . |
| 4 | I might even be sent to prison . |
| 5 | Just one day when I 'll not be dictated to by this thing inside me . |
| 6 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 7 | No it 's true , it 's true I , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 8 | If it was n't for the Great Video Game in the sky , I 'd probably be reduced to watching The Young Doctors . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to think that I can offer useful opinions on other positions , and that I would n't be confined to just the back row , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew that I would not be allowed to box but I proved a point by showing up , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I use these three then I 'll put my thingies in cos I ca n't be bothered to erm change . |
| 12 | I can remember doing my Mick again from The Caretaker and for Shakespeare I did an outrageous choice of Cardinal Wolsey from Henry VIII , which I do n't think I shall ever be suited to playing . |
| 13 | ‘ Louise , ’ her mother burst out in irritation , ‘ I will not be dictated to by that lot up at the Mansion . |
| 14 | I wo n't be allowed to . |
| 15 | Instead , what we have are literally thousands of measures in educational testing , social surveys , attitude research or statistical analysis , with little or no idea as to how any of them could conceivably be reduced to a few dimensions or compared with agreed-upon standards . |
| 16 | Whether skilled or unskilled , the vast majority of fathers of brides in the sample were engaged in manual trades ( 110 of the 161 ) , and most of them could safely be assumed to be skilled workers . |
| 17 | By the nature of your job , you may reasonably be expected to be aware of the standards that are required . |
| 18 | The family , meanwhile can be kept amused with the miniature railway , mini-farm and various family events , and if you meet at the coffee shop at the end of the day , you may even be treated to a little live music . |
| 19 | You should also be introduced to attending and advising committees of the council . |
| 20 | She was getting ready to go out , however , when , in a flash of unwanted certainty , she knew that there was one very big reason why she should n't be attracted to Ven — because he was not attracted to her , and it was all one-sided , that was why ! |
| 21 | Do n't stuff yourself with doughnuts or chocolate , or anything to which you are unaccustomed , or indeed anything to which you are accustomed but which you might suddenly be tempted to gorge in distorted amounts . |
| 22 | Every week you 'll also be invited to a welcome cocktail at the new hotel bar . |
| 23 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
| 24 | She was told she 'd soon be attended to , and instructed to take a chair . |
| 25 | The only mystery is how you could possibly be related to either of them ! ’ |
| 26 | You shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement if you are compelled by law or any regulatory authority to disclose the Information or any part thereof . |
| 27 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 28 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 29 | So somehow you , you , you , you 've got to get these ideas through th that you you 've recognized that it , it 's , it 's necessary to move on beyond the pol the moderate policies of the United Front but you ca n't be seen to be doing that . |
| 30 | Erm yeah er mm yeah no I 'm quite intrigued myself about this , this idea that erm somehow it 's heterosexuals who trus who are trustworthy and that , you know , once you have a sexuality that 's different from heterosexuality then you ca n't be trusted with children and you , you know you , you ca n't be trusted to er you know I do n't know , run boys ' clubs , you ca n't be trusted in , in a , you know , it 's sort of , it 's almost like , like erm er it , it almost flies in the face of evidence that the vast majority of sexual abuse that goes on of one sort or another is , is heterosexual , it 's |