Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But certain aggravated assaults are singled out by the law for higher maximum penalties , and three of them may be mentioned here . |
| 2 | We ordinarily think of values and obligations being really there , but we also think of them as intrinsically prescriptive. that is , such that one who knows them must be affected conatively in an appropriate way . |
| 3 | The Panel 's decisions are creating a kind of accounting case law , and the reasons for them should be given formally and more fully . |
| 4 | At the moment I can find no evidence of concussion , but any blow to the head can be potentially dangerous , so if there is nausea or blurred vision I must be called immediately . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning . |
| 6 | I wanted to tell her that I had told Syl I would n't marry him , but I did n't , for I felt that once I had told Lili she would somehow prevent me from recanting and that , freed from Syl , I should be bound even tighter to my mother . |
| 7 | cos that 's er , where it 's available , mind you , you look quite fetching there , I think I might do , I might be tempted here |
| 8 | ‘ Damn it Rose , I might be killed tomorrow . ’ |
| 9 | Chair , if I might be allowed just thirty seconds comment on the budget from the point of view of some of the central services . |
| 10 | Here in London I 'll be bound sooner or later to run into Madeleine . |
| 11 | aha mm , I 'll be done tomorrow , you , erm |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , ’ said her mother with a sniff , ‘ I 'll be entertained enough , watching your fine friends . ’ |
| 13 | Well I 'll be gone soon from this smelly household , so |
| 14 | I 'll stay one more night with Victor , because he 's got the spaghetti going and he 's bought an airbed , but I 'll be gone tomorrow . |
| 15 | Well , I 'll be joined later on in the programme by David Waldon , the leader of the Conservatives , but right now Eva Barnes , the Deputy Leader of the Labour group is with me , and John Cochrane from the Liberal Democrats is here . |
| 16 | ‘ If I don ’ get a kiss , I 'll be hurt worse , ’ he persisted . |
| 17 | I fear if I do n't make an effort soon I 'll be considered too old to adopt , but if you think I have no chance at all , I wo n't bother risking disappointment . |
| 18 | I must get away or I 'll be trapped here for life . |
| 19 | Higueras adds , ‘ if I could be born again , I 'd take that big serve of Jim Courier 's . |
| 20 | I could be murdered here and no one would know . |
| 21 | Anyone in the city who knew me also knew that I could be found there , at some time every night , if I was on the planet . |
| 22 | I certainly Mr Chairman welcome this paper erm and I know today that I think possibly the main reason being erm , I could be deemed also been through and through today responding to our local issue and that maybe due to May fever , I do n't know , erm , in really accepting acknowledging as I have done in the past your efforts , erm the county surveyor 's efforts for this part of Suffolk I do again bring to your attention and I do n't think is being critical in that the Barnet by bypass is part of a far bigger jigsaw and that jigsaw I say not |
| 23 | I could be trapped here at the top of the tower and be either forced to jump or killed like a rat trapped in a barn . |
| 24 | For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake . |
| 25 | I mean I 'd be sacked otherwise . |
| 26 | He recalls , ‘ When I was sentenced I thought I 'd be killed straight away . |
| 27 | I knew I 'd be corrected there . |
| 28 | Even at the age of about 13 I 'd be guided only by people who I thought knew something about the game , and who were not thing to stitch me up-I was always thinking people were trying to stitch me up for some reason . |
| 29 | I can hardly walk into a lawyer 's office , I 'd be arrested again and I do n't intend going back into prison , not even for a few days . ’ |
| 30 | I 'd be retained purely as a servant , subject to the whims of an above averagely capricious employer with a short memory . |