Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 That there are six people there are six of us could have a maybe
2 ‘ If that 's all you 're worried about I can explain simply enough . ’
3 We 're frightened of what will happen and sometimes we have need to be frightened , you know , they are going to do very different things because they disagree violently with us .
4 What I have deplored or been sceptical about they would find admirable .
5 I would be grateful of you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me with the payment and contract as an indication that you agree to these restrictions .
6 Another noted that ‘ the very expression ‘ green belt ’ sounds like something an ordinary man may find it worthwhile to be interested in who may find no appeal whatever in ‘ the distribution of industrial population ’ or ‘ decentralisation ’ …
7 One can only be fearful of what could have been the situation . ’
8 At those stages , people from outside the House who oppose the legislation as petitioners or hon. Members who might also be opposed to it can seek to improve the Bill and can point out the problems that the proposal might cause .
9 Even a woman like you wo n't want to be responsible for what could happen to my sister if I do n't find him soon . ’
10 Because otherwise you would n't be able to it 'd take three days to clear so that 's the best way to do it .
11 But you should have I mean you should be able to I would have though in a year
12 In the longer term , if you become unwell , you will be concerned about what will happen to the children .
13 ‘ I 'm worried about what 'll happen to him when I go . ’
14 ‘ But when he does , you must be ready for what will happen . ’
15 Similarly , the second criterion can be satisfied despite what would follow with respect to the several circumstances if some x had also existed .
16 After which an attempt was made to set out the most elementary logical conditions that must be satisfied before anything can qualify as a potential existent .
17 Yes , of course I 'm frightened of what might happen .
18 ‘ I 'm scared of what may happen when the children go back .
19 Those who are familiar with them will have no trouble using oil pastels .
20 Under-5s show stress by not eating or sleeping , while 5s to 11s may be reluctant to go to school because they are worried about what might happen while they are away .
21 President Clinton 's plan to promote the US National Institute of Standards & Technology-developed Clipper Chip as a way to protect cellular telephone conversations from eavesdropping ( CI No 2,151 ) is causing concern among some users , who are worried about who will keep the key .
22 God might have annexed colour sensations to the kind of light reaching our eyes in ; quite different way from that which he has done , so that the very same things ( in their real nature ) which are red to us might have been blue , and vice versa , or we might have experienced , quite different range of colours in the same physical situations .
23 BES companies lasted for a minimum of five years , and shareholders were interested in what would happen at the end of this period .
24 There were some among them would have killed me for the hell of it .
25 And there was the beds that was there there was beds were still in that bothy and there was there were three of them must have been in the bed you see , and then there was a a board that they slipped in half up the bed and there was a a mattress or whatever on that and another three on that .
26 The University had filed for patents , believing that millions of dollars could accrue if test-tube fusion were commercially practical , and the patent lawyers were concerned about what would happen if other groups found out the results and duplicated them .
27 The hon. Member for Garscadden quoted COSLA as being concerned about what would happen if someone 's aunt came to stay for a couple of months .
28 Craft-level courses are equivalent to what would have been apprenticeship level .
29 I understand an and appreciate wh what you 're saying and most grateful to you for that , I think wha what you 're , Neil is saying is is that with we must make sure the time , that this main strategic planning he has to look at , this very important issue , allows sufficient time for mature consideration
30 Too much bran introduced all at once to a stomach that is unused to it could cause discomfort and wind !
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