Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd better be getting a move on . |
| 2 | ‘ I better be making a start . |
| 3 | ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’ |
| 4 | That term was automatically held to be satisfied when the effects on the interests of the individual were felt to be serious enough to warrant procedural protection , and this was so whether the context was deprivation of an office , expulsion from a trade association , the destruction of one 's property , or the loss of something which would juridically be called a privilege . |
| 5 | In a medical textbook , the choice between clavicle and collar-bone can justly be called a matter of stylistic variation . |
| 6 | the purpose will not only be to form an impression of methods and levels of language teaching but also to observe how teachers and pupils talk to each other in the UK . |
| 7 | The matter could conceivably be overlooked : either if ( instead of from your last employer ) , you are due to get a pension from an earlier employer ; or if you will only be receiving a State pension — and not a company pension in addition . |
| 8 | would be slightly different because they , we 'd only be collecting a part of the premium we would n't be collecting their investment part if that 's in arrears . |
| 9 | It 's just that I 've just got too many at , it can only be done a week before |
| 10 | Elsewhere the band choose what can only be called a hardcore bubblegum sound and by the time you get to the final furlong , this regularity means the fizz is starting to fade and you dearly want the guitars to twist and shout and sing . |
| 11 | MYSELF and Marco Polo is a working model of a novel , a clever toy , a verbal tournament , a facetious blueprint for a possible future seriousness : it could only be called a success if its author 's aim was merely to intrigue , and I do not feel that Paul Griffiths can be that crude . |
| 12 | In the North , the bishops pursued the Irish catholic community 's interests in what could only be called a spirit of ‘ pillarization ’ . |
| 13 | My own family was at once strongly nuclear and part of what can only be called a clan . |
| 14 | The philosopher Mark Johnson has recently produced what can only be called a constructivist account of linguistic meaning and reasoning . |
| 15 | Indeed , the primitive matchlocks could only be discharged a maximum of sixteen times during a whole day of battle . |
| 16 | It is this turn to ‘ passivity ’ which remains critical to this very day ; today 's tabloid press can only be reinforcing a process which began well over a century ago . |
| 17 | Obviously something like a car could only be considered a bribe ; on the other hand a vacuum cleaner , say , may be too expensive to give away in bulk but could certainly be offered for comparative testing . |
| 18 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 19 | In what can only be considered a plan of Baldrickian cunning , not only will the Board 's coffers be groaning with the weight of money but — and here is the really clever part — fewer people than ever will now be able to observe what a mess the game is really in . |
| 20 | In the case of ( a ) it is likely that the retailer would replace the machine , but his obligation would only be to offer a discount on the price in view of the damaged surface . |
| 21 | A SENIOR Anglican clergyman who declared that sex outside marriage should not necessarily be considered a sin has come under fire . |
| 22 | First , there is the recognition that to trade in categories and interpretations must necessarily be to trade a way not just of perceiving but also of constructing situations . |
| 23 | ‘ Could Beatrice perhaps be getting a bit old in herself , ’ I had suggested , ‘ or could it perhaps be something to do with the accident she had as a child ? ’ |
| 24 | So will you perhaps be wanting a couple of bags , say , of coal to help with the fire ? |
| 25 | Mr Wilkie will shortly be receiving an AST 3/335 Bravo personal computer with 4Mb Ram , 80Mb hard disk drive , 14 in colour monitor , Dos , Windows and a mouse , which has been supplied by 20/20 Systems of Cowdenbeath and AST Europe . |
| 26 | Government sources said later that the Commons would shortly be given a chance to debate the provisions in the act which have to be renewed annually . |
| 27 | I am 15 and will shortly be taking a Grade 5 speech and drama exam , in which I intend to read one of the two poems . |
| 28 | He added that " the Gulf crisis must be resolved within an Arab framwork " and announced that the PFLP would shortly be opening an office in Baghdad , although there were no plans to do so in Jordan . |
| 29 | British Rail will , however , shortly be letting a contract to renew the signalling at a total cost of £50 million . |
| 30 | We will shortly be mounting a campaign and inviting interested parties to pledge a monthly sum , however large or small into a bank account in the name of Friends of Pet Rescue . |