Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I have to go now or I shall be roped in for the sacrifice and I do n't like getting my hands dirty . |
| 2 | Bransby Cooper says that ‘ I have sometimes suffered from the Professor 's love of cold air ; for if ever he could manage at his parties to have a window left open unperceived , he was delighted ; and many a time when I have dined with him I have said ‘ Pray , Mr Coleman , have your ventilators shut or I shall be blown out of the room ’ , at which he laughed and had the direction of the current changed by stealth so as to apply the breeze upon some other visitor less sensitive than myself' . |
| 3 | But you MUST fix somewhere to stay before you arrive or you may be bounced back under their vagrancy laws . |
| 4 | He says you have to be devoted or you 'll be kicked out ! |
| 5 | ‘ You behave or you 'll be locked up . |
| 6 | ‘ Or you 'll be laid up . |
| 7 | Either you get out or you 'd be pushed out . |
| 8 | After Warrington they 've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke . |
| 9 | Sometimes the Pemberton Musks are listed separately , sometimes they may be listed in with Modern Shrub Roses as well as Hybrid Musks , or they may be listed in with it , which is all very confusing . |
| 10 | These strings may have ends ( the so-called open strings ) or they may be joined up with themselves in closed loops ( closed strings ) ( Fig. 10.1 and Fig. 10.2 ) . |
| 11 | Such herbs can be grown in containers right from the start , or they can be dug up from the garden . |
| 12 | Mr Major and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd will make it clear in the coming days that British forces must have protection — or they will be pulled back to safe areas . |
| 13 | If the last is the case then those profits will either be retained in the company and reinvested , or they will be passed on to the shareholders as increased dividends . |
| 14 | Or they could be put down by other people . |
| 15 | The language of the sources could be simplified for those who had difficulty reading the sources or they could be copied on to tape for listening . |
| 16 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |
| 17 | A project set up to generate a new product or process may be an in-house activity utilizing the company 's own staff and resources , or it may be contracted out to another organization . |
| 18 | An intensity of energy is always present in his performances : it can be potent and concentrated ( as in late Brahms ) , or it can be layed out on a more expansive scale , as in Rachmaninov or here in the ‘ Emperor ’ . |
| 19 | You can find it , invisibility , for a while , in a crowd or behind the closed door of the bathroom ( where , during that heavy transaction , by common consent , everybody is invisible ) , or in the deed of love ; or it can be found down here , where you are unknown . |
| 20 | As well as shortage of time , the bill can be defeated on a vote or it can be talked out . |
| 21 | ‘ A player like Denis Betts , who played 46 matches last season , needs a rest or he will be burned out . |
| 22 | Mr Eddie Philips , proprietor of the Jolly Judge , said neither his staff nor himself would be put off by any threats despite the attempted bombing at his premises last Wednesday . |
| 23 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If that delegation had got inside here the other day , you and I would be locked up in here , ’ said Nicholson . |
| 25 | Instead , it preferred the creation of a national body for public sector higher education along the lines of the University Grants Committee which would directly control the polytechnics and colleges and which would be made up of nominees of the Secretary of State . |
| 26 | Reagan hammered away at themes which he had been developing for some years and which would be wheeled out every time he ran for public office . |
| 27 | The teacher may not instantly use all of this material , but the aim should be to build up a growing collection of useful resources which will remain the property of the school and which can be handed on to any teacher , or supply teacher who has to teach the course . |
| 28 | Unreasonable or excessive demands can sometimes be removed or reduced by a forceful and rational challenge , preferably one that commands widespread support and which can be backed up , if necessary , with an effective threat . |
| 29 | Over this , replace the foam , which will then act as a prefilter and which can be washed out as and when it clogs . |
| 30 | The difference between ROM and RAM is rather like that between a printed book , which can only be read , and a personal notepad written in erasable ink , and which can be used over and over again . |