Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 2 | In The Possessed , the conspirators have enticed their victim to a dark remote spot where nothing will be seen or heard , and have done the deed and tied two heavy stones to the body so that it is sure to sink , and have carried it to a pond and thrown it in : then , ‘ With extraordinary carelessness ’ they overlook that cap which has no doubt fallen off in the struggle , and which the police will soon find . |
| 3 | Where nothing will be flushed . |
| 4 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 5 | It struck me as I fumblingly dialled the number that it would be better to go out to a kiosk , where I would be more sure of privacy , but having come to this decision I only wanted to hurry , hurry — every minute 's delay seemed dangerous . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not even going to ask how many phone calls you made to find where I would be staying — ’ |
| 7 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 8 | ‘ Where I 'll be is right here in Liskeard , for the most part seated at this very desk . ’ |
| 9 | There were lessons all around me about what I should be doing , where I should be going , but I chose to ignore them . |
| 10 | I 'll go where I should be — with my spiders in Asia . ’ |
| 11 | Feeling deliciously convalescent , I pottered about in pyjamas , weak yet fortified by the knowledge that I was in a sympathetic house where I could be waited on , and had no appointments of any kind . |
| 12 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 13 | I just wanted a business where I could be independent — ’ |
| 14 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 15 | ( In the far distance are the snow-capped peaks of the Bolivian Cordillera Real where I will be heading soon . ) |
| 16 | I will be keeping you up-to-date on Singer events and also ‘ manning ’ an information desk at all the main knitting exhibitions , where I will be able to help and advise you . |
| 17 | ‘ Is — is that where I will be ? ’ |
| 18 | Shame on me for this is the first issue of SR I 've ever read ( Nov ) , but I hope it will not be the last , for may I say , I think I may have at last found a space where I can be heard — most women 's magazines shun the type of letter I submit — not cosy enough for their letters pages , I suspect . |
| 19 | Neneh Cherry , daughter of a restless soul , has always dreamt of a place called home , ‘ that happy little space where I can be free ’ . |
| 20 | I 'll give you a number where I can be reached in any emergency . ’ |
| 21 | Glass guiding me where I must be going . |
| 22 | For , to take it that the property of being red-haired is known reliably but that there is no solid evidence for its owner ( in the same way for example as in ( 78 ) where her must be covered by the caveat without solid evidence : ( 78 ) he tried to imagine her ) seems as near to self-contradictory as makes no difference . |
| 23 | They are facing formidable opposition in the shape of last year 's winner , Rosa Mota , who sees London as a warm-up for the Olympics , where she 'll be defending her title and looking to put the disappointment of the World Championships in Tokyo last year behind her . |
| 24 | ‘ You had no idea where she might be ? ’ |
| 25 | Where she might be he could not imagine and the gap between them seemed perceptibly to widen as he sat waiting in his car for a doleful hour of encroaching twilight . |
| 26 | She gripped the wheel , looking alternately into the rear-view mirror and ahead , searching for a turn-off where she might be able to lose the chasing Audi . |
| 27 | Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close , and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals , especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party , not least in singing , and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going . |
| 28 | She had n't even known herself where she would be staying until she had walked out of the station the day before and asked a taxi-driver to take her somewhere clean and as cheap as possible . |
| 29 | She had lied to him because she wished to evade the unpleasant truth of her life as a rich heiress , to try to make a new life free of old ties and old mistakes , where she would be loved as McAllister , who had nothing . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's out front where she should be . |