Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | In desperation they turned to Central South … furious that apparently nothing can be done … |
2 | So nothing can be done for another year . |
3 | Only I would be left . |
4 | ‘ Since I have heard this particular sermon frequently , ’ he said , ‘ perhaps I might be allowed to provide an exegesis of the text . |
5 | Perhaps I may be permitted to quote from Morris Zapp 's lecture on ‘ Textuality as striptease ’ in my novel , Small World : |
6 | ‘ Perhaps I may be permitted to take you , ’ Lubor jumped in before she could draw another breath . |
7 | As he is interested in having inaccuracies corrected , perhaps I may be permitted to clear up some which appeared in his letter . |
8 | Perhaps I may be allowed to paraphrase for brevity from Scientists against Time by J. P. Baxter in his official account of the American Office of Scientific Research and Development : |
9 | Editor , — As one of the two speakers criticised in Council by Mr John Chawner for saying that schemes for tax relief on child care were non-starters and a waste of health service money perhaps I may be allowed to draw attention to a debate earlier that day . |
10 | At any rate , perhaps I may be allowed to communicate with Your Majesty on this point , or ask my Private Secretary to discuss it with Sir Michael Adeane . |
11 | ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day . |
12 | And now finally — as we always seem to be saying at the conclusion of our news bulletins — perhaps I can be allowed one or two serious observations . |
13 | Perhaps I will be thought outspoken , but so often it is those people who have moved into the country that complain . |
14 | Now I 've had two of those rest days prior to all this so I would be owed a fortnight 's holiday pay plus three rest days . |
15 | So I 'll be obliged if you two gents would drink up and leave . ’ |
16 | She is going to go on behaving beautifully and so I shall be forced to behave like a pig to establish the difference between us . |
17 | I certainly do not charge the Minister with dishonesty ; if I were to do so I should be reprimanded . |
18 | I do n't know how long I shall be laid up with this wretched ankle . |
19 | When Rose saw the table already set for morning , she said , ‘ If you were around for too long I 'd be spoiled rotten . |
20 | It also covers data held manually which can be identified using a code held on a computer . |
21 | But it is not man 's activities alone which can be held to account , for man is also a part of the natural ecosystem . |
22 | She felt that if only she could be dressed like Tamar she would win Bob Lamb . |
23 | Only Fräulein , dear Fräulein , with her moon face , her hair in that absent-minded crooked bun , only she could be relied on . |
24 | After he is wounded in this staged hunt , perhaps she could be seen to nurse him daily with iodine and mercurochrome , out of remorse , but in the process establishing the first physical contact . |
25 | Sir Edmund Mandeville is correct — perhaps she should be brought in for questioning . |
26 | Perhaps you might be persuaded that Mr Henderson of Branbury Castle also falls into this rare category . |
27 | Therein lies a lot of its appeal , if only you could be bothered to look for it . |
28 | The child has learned that if she makes a nuisance of herself for long enough she will be rewarded . |
29 | I do n't say — and do n't you believe — that henceforth you will be transformed in their eyes into a Hero of the Sexual Revolution , but what you have done will be of lasting value , not least to yourself . |
30 | So you 'd be asked to use it with something . |