Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may be some time . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm going out and I may be some time … |
| 3 | I might be some time . ’ |
| 4 | ' I might be some time . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll be some time several hours . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I wish I could be more help , but all I 've heard are rumours — a lot of confused stories . |
| 7 | at the moment , and I think I would be some people would not have let me do that , I think , in the past |
| 8 | If Dennis dumped her , Karen and I would be another Trish and Brian . |
| 9 | Well , I 'm not sure I can be much help . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well … if you think I can be any use … ’ |
| 11 | With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment . |
| 12 | In areas where there are a number of pumice deposits present , all of them looking much the same , it 's clearly a difficult job to tell them apart and , more important , to recognize the same individual deposits in separate localities which may be many kilometres apart . |
| 13 | The danger of error increases with the length of the extrapolation , which may be many times the length of the segment to which the curve is fitted . |
| 14 | A load torque 7L displaces the rotor front the demanded position and introduces a static position error , which may be many ministeps . |
| 15 | For example , during an instrument let-down you will have to maintain a rate of descent on your final approach which may be any figure up to 1000 ft/min . |
| 16 | Like the other horse strongyles , the pathogenic effect of these worms is damage to the large intestinal mucosa from the feeding habits of the adult parasites ; in particular , T. tenuicollis , whose adults feed in groups and cause the formation of large deep ulcers which may be several centimetres across ( P1.III ) . |
| 17 | Mutis ' volumes began to come out only in 1954 , which must be some kind of record ; in this case the explanation was the various political vicissitudes of the century and a half following his death . |
| 18 | We had three managers in one day , which must be some sort of record . |
| 19 | And these tiny , mullioned windows in their deep embrasures which let in the light so strangely , shadows like dark brown varnish suddenly filtered through by thin beams of light which might be any colour from silver to amber . |
| 20 | Some brands of biscuits are made with wholemeal flour or oats and slightly less sugar , which might be some improvement on your usual brand . |
| 21 | Hutton , 68 yesterday , struggled to an 82 for 150 , which could be several shots below the total at which the field will be reduced to 64 golfers , and ties for the knockout stage beginning tomorrow . |
| 22 | If big cats in zoos are ever offered the meat of surplus pot-bellies , they are said to turn up their noses — which could be another advantage in a pig raised in tiger country . |
| 23 | So any time a supervisor appears , which could be any time , you might get a token , okay ? |
| 24 | This is what happens with tax exempt sources and by looking at a TESSA and assuming you pay the maximum each year which are those figures and assuming that the interest rate stays at seven and a half percent , it wo n't but it 's seven and a half percent at the moment , then this is what happens , at the end of the first year you 've put in your three thousand your interest at seven and a half percent is two twenty five and you would otherwise pay tax at fifty six at twenty five percent or twenty or forty which would be those figures , but you do n't . |
| 25 | The body responds to an alumina implant by surrounding it with a fibrous capsule which can be several micrometres thick . |
| 26 | The shares must have a fixed value , which can be any amount . |
| 27 | Erm so if you 're getting another job obviously , you 've got to think that you may not need as much income , er if you 're taking the early retirement well obviously you may be more income dependent , and do a personal budget , going back to that pro forma , if you spend a bit of time doing a budget , you will find it beneficial . |
| 28 | If you join someone else 's , you must be some kind of sadist . ’ |
| 29 | Anyway , you should be some help to him and he needs it . |
| 30 | She should be several people . |