Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have just uttered the words ‘ May I be struck by lightning this minute ’ . |
| 2 | Assuming this to reflect common-sense rationality , it follows that there are three types of sanctions which prey on the minds of thoughtful officials contemplating the commission of corporate crime : ( i ) legal sanctions , and especially ‘ will I be sent to prison ? ’ ; ( ii ) occupational sanctions and especially ‘ will my job be lost or my promotional chances endangered ? ’ ; ( iii ) social sanctions — ‘ will I be rejected by family , friends , and acquaintances and required to resign from the country club ? ’ |
| 3 | The younger teacher , or the older teacher inexperienced in modern methods , also asks : What should I be bearing in mind ? and perhaps also : What alternatives of educational methodology " are in fact open to me ? requiring experienced guidance from a well-qualified senior teacher , including those trained in the full meaning of the term " educational technology " . |
| 4 | Assuming this to reflect common-sense rationality , it follows that there are three types of sanctions which prey on the minds of thoughtful officials contemplating the commission of corporate crime : ( i ) legal sanctions , and especially ‘ will I be sent to prison ? ’ ; ( ii ) occupational sanctions and especially ‘ will my job be lost or my promotional chances endangered ? ’ ; ( iii ) social sanctions — ‘ will I be rejected by family , friends , and acquaintances and required to resign from the country club ? ’ |
| 5 | Tramp John Taylor , 69 , pleaded from the dock : ‘ Could I be put into custody ? |
| 6 | In some places a poacher my be shot on sight , but for many the risk is worth it as a rhino horn can fetch up to $4,500 ( UD ) on the black market . |
| 7 | we let ourselves be led via tea and |
| 8 | But neither I nor my family would have any self-respect left if we let ourselves be portrayed by actors . |
| 9 | Our Justice of the Forest , or his Lieutenant , in the presence of our Treasurer , and by his consent , shall have authority to take Fines and Amercements of those which be indicted for trespasses committed in our forests , and not tarry for the eyre of the Justice . |
| 10 | It is safe to say that Hans Haacke is the least likely of all artists ever to be commissioned to design a presidential memorial ( though one day he may himself be memorialised as founder of the Academy of Anti-Establishment Art ) . |
| 11 | They have a thirst for obedience , and will submit to whoever appoints himself leader , although the leader must himself be held in fascination ‘ by a strong faith ( in an idea ) in order to awaken the group 's faith ’ . |
| 12 | But was there a market in Glasgow for a quality product ; should she be thinking of Edinburgh instead ? |
| 13 | If Vitor reported her might she be taken to court and fined ? |
| 14 | Should you be tempted by Lot 160 : ‘ Titanic , a brass lettered railway-style nameplate — £300/350 ’ , then you can put it on your mantelpiece , not the bank vault . |
| 15 | Can you be treated with homoeopathy if you are already being treated with orthodox medicine ? |
| 16 | ‘ Should you be referring to Vaughan , good uncle , I assure you that he is no vexatious matter , ’ Edward said hotly . |
| 17 | Shall you be hunting on Tuesday ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ How long will you be staying in Venice ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Where will you be staying in England , miss ? ’ |
| 20 | A scorcher of a free kick from Paul Simpson made it 3-2 and the fourth ; well if you were Newcastle manager , Ossie Ardiles what would you be saying to goalkeeper , Tommy Wright after this ? |
| 21 | ‘ Will you be going to Somerset too ? ’ she asked and it was with a sense of relief that she saw him shake his head . |
| 22 | So are you , are you be going to seminar ? |
| 23 | Will you be going to Elling on Friday ? ’ |
| 24 | If you had written that package , would you be angered by people using it without paying ? |
| 25 | ‘ Will you be returning to Paris with me , Alice ? ’ he enquired . |
| 26 | ‘ Ruth — will you be walking up Manchester Road ? ’ |
| 27 | How could you be bothered with cricket when there was golf — a universal , classless and very cheap obsession in Troon , Ayrshire , scene of my upbringing . |
| 28 | The Company will indemnify your next of kin for travelling expenses incurred necessarily in visiting you should you be confined to hospital as a direct result of an accident sustained whilst engaged on Company business . |
| 29 | The first piece I wrote for the New Statesman , almost exactly four years ago , began : ‘ People keep asking me , ‘ On what platform will you be standing for deputy leader of the Labour Party ? ' |
| 30 | Nor shall you be told of David Owen 's yearning to excel at any kind of team game ; selflessly drawing the best from all the other members and making sure he ran a truly happy dressing room . |