Example sentences of "i [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 | ‘ But what you have told me will now be known to these four Genoese in Nicosia . |