Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their view , the media should be firmly subordinated to the state and its primary function should be to encourage whatever the state defines as ‘ good ’ — whether that be national consciousness and personal self-discipline , or socialist egalitarianism , or a relentless drive towards modernization and economic development . |
| 2 | not painful er but it when you er it is when they 're doing physio and when I do , you know , I have , have to do it myself , I should be doing it every hour . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | looked around and said well he said looked at me said er well cos he was just about to g throw a wobbly and say , well surely the sales department should be dealing with this , should be should be giving him the information and he he just turned round and gave the aforementioned quote and I just sort of went yes it is . |
| 5 | But he should be giving you a million to three . |
| 6 | Your goal should be to exert yourself a little more each time until you reach a brisk pace and you feel comfortable with it . |
| 7 | Care in the community is not a kind of moral absolute which should be preserved whatever the costs . |
| 8 | it must be costing them a fortune , when every time they move , they alter 'ouse , they decorate and put new carpets down and furniture |
| 9 | From the start Kennedy decided that the missiles must be removed whatever the consequences . |
| 10 | Well I think we 're lucky they must be keeping it a bit longer for interest of something to all out . |
| 11 | Jacob must be asking himself the same questions now . |
| 12 | I might be teaching you some er number theory , or I might be teaching you the structure of number theory . |
| 13 | ‘ I might be asking you the same thing , my lord . ’ |
| 14 | I honestly do not think my child is encouraged in any way , possibly because his life is short … to take charge of his life and I think this might be giving him an unspoken message that you do n't count . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The point I 'm making however , is that a , a fairer way to judge this book , might be to say , not well let , let's reject everything in it that 's Lamarckian , cos it does n't fit with our modern prejudices , a fairer way , might be to read it the way we read Darwin 's works , where there is also considerable Lamarckenis Lamarckism , and say well , this is er , this is an understandable error , given the poor state of knowledge that people had about genetics at the time , and then try and make sense of it . |
| 18 | They do n't have any evidence linking him to the murder but you can be sure they 'll be watching his every move . |
| 19 | Next thing you 'll be telling me the little cow 's summoned up the ‘ forces of Evil ’ . |
| 20 | Dr Greene said you 'll be telling her the result of the sonogram . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe he looks all right ; but if you buy that horse you 'll be buying yourself a packet o' trouble . ’ |
| 22 | Bash the Barbarian and , from this month on , he 'll be bringing you the very best in Commodore adventures . |
| 23 | ‘ They 'll be makin' you a bleedin' colonel before you 've finished , ’ said Tommy . |
| 24 | In fact we 'll be sending you a small sum this time , for the difference . " |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose one of these days you 'll be getting yourself a skirt . ’ |
| 27 | I take it you 'll be staying her a few days ? ’ |
| 28 | So — I 'll be writing you a boring letter about business matters , but ca n't we meet ? |
| 29 | Vice president of marketing and sales , Greg Hopwood , says ‘ we 'll be showing whatever the engineers have ready . |
| 30 | So , in five minutes , I 'll be asking you the fifth and final question , which could result in you 're going out next month with Dougie Down Under , thanks to QUANTAS , Australia 's national airline . |