Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all other areas it either was not an issue or nothing could be arranged . |
| 2 | If not then I 'll plead to my wife for the car & I 'll be able to offer other people a lift there ( but I 'll be coming back on Sunday ) . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's just that , well , I thought Sacco or someone would be up here . ’ |
| 4 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 5 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 6 | ‘ Or I might be able to get the Oxford University Museum to open up a bit early — you know , Inspector , the dodo and Darwin and the dinosaurs . ’ |
| 7 | I might be teaching you some er number theory , or I might be teaching you the structure of number theory . |
| 8 | Or I might be saying , here 's an example of a derivation . |
| 9 | Or I might be saying , here 's the sort of silly thing I was taught when I was at kindergarten . |
| 10 | ‘ For God 's sake , lie still , or I might be tempted to forget I do n't respect you and take what we both want ! ’ he ordered tersely . |
| 11 | Or I might be home a lot earlier than you think . |
| 12 | I might be there or I might be with Roy , I do n't know . |
| 13 | I must get away or I 'll be trapped here for life . |
| 14 | Now I must be awa' tae Pack Meeting , ’ she said to Dick and Chuck , ‘ or I 'll be late . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Either that or I 'll be dead . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ This is a team sport , and if he does n't listen to me , I 'll either get out of the car or I 'll be physical with him , because that 's the only language he understands . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd better go or I 'll be late . ’ |
| 18 | But I 'd better not keep on like this or I 'll be accused of queering Mr Karlinsky 's pitch . |
| 19 | Sack this tadger immediately — or I 'll be cancelling my order for Sounds . |
| 20 | I shall have flown into who knows whose airport , or I 'll be sleeping on a ship steaming slowly out the English Channel , or I 'll be dead and rigid on a lonely piece of ground . |
| 21 | I shall have flown into who knows whose airport , or I 'll be sleeping on a ship steaming slowly out the English Channel , or I 'll be dead and rigid on a lonely piece of ground . |
| 22 | ‘ Quiet there , you infant menaces , or I 'll be along and slipper the lot of you in a minute . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 's either that or I 'll be spending the next million years in a coal measure . |
| 24 | ‘ Laverne , we 're going to have to get back quickly or I 'll be sick . ’ |
| 25 | Sack this tadger immediately — or I 'll be cancelling my order for Sounds . |
| 26 | do n't no do n't say that to her or I 'll be in the dog house |
| 27 | Or I would be , if I were sure of keeping it . ’ |
| 28 | Or I would be if it were n't for the circumstances . |
| 29 | I had to make haste now or I would be late , so I threw my kit in the back of the Porsche , threaded my way through the traffic on the Kingston By-pass and then put my foot down on the M3 , keeping a wary eye open for the police . |
| 30 | It was no place to row ashore , or I would be killed on the rocks . |