Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | They could be selecting them off the |
| 32 | The best solution may be to leave them with the society . |
| 33 | Arnie may be coining it with the Planet Hollywood eateries , but he 's still doing his best to do the right thing with the loss-making Schatzis in Santa Monica . |
| 34 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 35 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 36 | If we continue to ignore these people , especially the young , we may be fighting them in the near fu future as they are actively being targeted by the far right British National Party and other fascist organizations that are using this sense of desertion . |
| 37 | Cookie would be coining it at the greengrocer 's stall , munching fruit and putting on the courtesy act to old ladies . |
| 38 | The distribution of these consonants would be rather limited , but the main problem would be fitting them into the pattern of syllable structure . |
| 39 | It was possible , however that from a licensed dealer they would be getting nothing of the kind . |
| 40 | The best precaution would be to deposit them with the bank . |
| 41 | Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning . |
| 42 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 43 | His primary task in the short term would be to mobilize it for the regional elections in March . |
| 44 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 45 | ‘ If I was to insult the contestants I would be shooting myself in the foot . |
| 46 | So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time . |
| 47 | ‘ That would be treating them with the contempt with which they were given . ’ |
| 48 | To crush strikes and abandon political reform would be to throw himself into the arms of those groups wedded not just to authoritarian politics but to neo-Stalinist economic institutions and principles . |
| 49 | now if we 've got a tap handy probably the best thing would be to run it under the cold tap and that hopefully would take away any dirt and extra bits and pieces that are stuck around it . |
| 50 | Mrs Prentice , had to wait until 2.20am before she knew that she would be joining him in the House , ousting Tory Energy Minister Colin Moynihan , in the process . |
| 51 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
| 52 | My aim would be to fit myself into the game unobtrusively … |
| 53 | And if Robin gets it in the neck I shall get it in the neck and I shall be getting it in the neck because of you ! |
| 54 | ‘ I shall be seeing them at the weekend . ’ |
| 55 | I shall be watching him on the television . ’ |
| 56 | In fact , ’ she added , driven by an unholy desire to be perverse , ‘ I shall be meeting him after the boat ride . |
| 57 | ‘ Although we will not be contesting the election in Darlington and Richmond , we shall be involving ourselves in the debate about environmental issues which have attracted scant attention from the other main parties . ’ |
| 58 | So I shall be enjoying myself at the wedding |
| 59 | I may never know it in this world but I shall be told it in the next . |
| 60 | Both sides of the House could and should support most of its provisions , but where improvements are necessary we shall be pressing them on the Minister , and I hope that we shall receive as fair a hearing from him as I have tried to give his Bill this afternoon . |