Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yes , towards — we 're getting back towards our original man in the graveyard — yes , I mean I 'd like to say that you 're saying particularly to Reverend Flatman what should he or his parishioners be doing to help this man — it 's not as easy as saying that somebody individually should be offering him a room in their house because his problems are far more manifold and deep seated than that . |
| 2 | But he should be giving you a million to three . |
| 3 | Your goal should be to exert yourself a little more each time until you reach a brisk pace and you feel comfortable with it . |
| 4 | it must be costing them a fortune , when every time they move , they alter 'ouse , they decorate and put new carpets down and furniture |
| 5 | Well I think we 're lucky they must be keeping it a bit longer for interest of something to all out . |
| 6 | Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect . |
| 7 | Fun as it might be to imagine what a ‘ top twenty ’ list might include , there would be little real purpose in discussing the practicalities , or otherwise , of going on a cruise , owning a race horse , buying a caravan , flying Concorde or whatever , since not only — even among married couples — would there be wide variations in choice but more particularly , since normal budget wisdom does not apply , any advice would risk being grossly misleading . |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe he looks all right ; but if you buy that horse you 'll be buying yourself a packet o' trouble . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They 'll be makin' you a bleedin' colonel before you 've finished , ’ said Tommy . |
| 10 | In fact we 'll be sending you a small sum this time , for the difference . " |
| 11 | David Tait had arrived in New York in March , with the instructions to ‘ set up an airline ; we 'll be sending you a 747 a day in three months time ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose one of these days you 'll be getting yourself a skirt . ’ |
| 13 | I take it you 'll be staying her a few days ? ’ |
| 14 | So — I 'll be writing you a boring letter about business matters , but ca n't we meet ? |
| 15 | By moving out of the way , we 'll be giving them a clear run . |
| 16 | Would you tell them that I 'll be giving them a ring between half past six and quarter past seven . |
| 17 | Naturally I do n't want to risk a recurrence of the trouble , but equally , I hate missing any Ireland match and I 'll be giving it a full blast in the final training session to make sure I 'm 100 per cent . |
| 18 | Next Tuesday next Tuesday I 'll be giving you a work sheet so you can leave those books behind today . |
| 19 | Sooner or later , you 'll be paying them a visit ( see Chapter 4 on choosing subjects and class options ) . |
| 20 | That way you 'll be doing him a favour . " |
| 21 | You 'll be doing him a favour , she 'd thought , and so as he wandered past the kitchen on a mid-afternoon stroll she crept up behind him and grabbed him by the neck . |
| 22 | But Henry was unsurprised : You 'll be doing her a favour . |
| 23 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll be doing 'em a favour — magazines pay a pittance anyway . |
| 25 | ‘ At the best it is dubious and at worst it could be costing us a lot of money . ’ |
| 26 | Make sure none of the window area is included within the shot otherwise you could be giving yourself a problem with backlighting . |
| 27 | Do you realise that by simply replying to this letter , you could be giving yourself a tax free lump sum of up to £100,000 . |
| 28 | Do you realise that by simply replying to this letter , you could be giving yourself a tax free lump sum of up to £100,000 ? |
| 29 | He believes that sheep farmers who think only about the pound in their pocket could be doing themselves a great disservice . |
| 30 | ‘ He warned me you 'd be paying me a visit . ’ |