Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I better be making a start . |
| 2 | The 16-year-old whilst wiping the tears streaming from his eyes asked : ‘ Will I ever be allowed to see my father again ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Tell me , Uncle Orrin , shall I always be regarded as my father 's heiress , never seen for what I truly am ? ’ |
| 4 | When I started six years ago I did n't know , shall I still be living when this project is completed ? |
| 5 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 6 | ‘ It was 5.30 in the morning and I tried to reason with Otto by saying how could I possibly be drunk at that time . |
| 7 | ‘ What could I possibly be missing ? |
| 8 | I probably be working . |
| 9 | A common response from farmers left out of these schemes is : ‘ Why ca n't I also be paid for providing environmental services ? |
| 10 | Would I now be taking the juices of cactus , date and fig ? |
| 11 | As I was walking over to the piano I was thinking , ‘ Should I really be doing this ? ’ |
| 12 | MAY I please be allowed to comment on just one of the points in Mr Prytherch 's letter ( WCM July ) , written in refutation of mine of last December . |
| 13 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 14 | PAMELA : Must I then be shewn off ? |
| 15 | And will I then be left with a pondful of blanket weed ? |
| 16 | Will I actually be buying a unit linking life assurance plan , and not a with profits life assurance plan . |
| 17 | ‘ Will I never be rid of that witch doctor 's moths ? ’ she asked irritably . |
| 18 | Will I never be rid of her ? |
| 19 | And would n't you rather be judged against your own plan , which everybody 's agreed , than against anything else ? |
| 20 | Would you eventually be having a sloping floor building as well ? |
| 21 | So will you perhaps be wanting a couple of bags , say , of coal to help with the fire ? |
| 22 | ‘ And if you 're worried about the taxpayer , should n't you perhaps be attending to the urgent little matter your sergeant told you about ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Had n't you better be getting ready ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 25 | Will she soon be moving you back up do you think ? |
| 26 | Could she already be carrying Travis 's child ? |
| 27 | You can avoid accidents in and around you home be taking just a little time to check up on your surroundings . |
| 28 | ‘ What could she possibly be having a hand in ? |
| 29 | If you fall ill and can not work , would you still be paid after three months , six months … a year ? |
| 30 | ‘ Will you still be having your expedition now ? ’ asked Endill . |