Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sometimes thought it would be pleasant to lie in bed with his wife on Sunday mornings , now that there were no children to interrupt them , but Donna reckoned they should be through with all that kind of stupidity , so he was resigned to the sporadic consolation of his Métis up north . |
| 2 | I 've got a meeting at four , should be through by half five . ’ |
| 3 | As a layer of gravel will be put into the base of the jar to help weight it down these slots should be just above this layer otherwise a strong powerhead could pull it into the pipe and block it . |
| 4 | ‘ Were it not that Mr Telscombe had business to discuss with Mr Barnet I doubt we should be here at all . |
| 5 | They should be here in half an hour or so . ’ |
| 6 | He 's obviously decided he should be here after all . ’ |
| 7 | Having taken your bags of donated books from you at the church door last year , you may like to know that despite the awful rain this week , Christian Aid Sale funds stood at around £35K by noon today , so the total should be up on that figure . |
| 8 | SunSoft has enhanced Solaris 2.0 to release 2.2 for Sparc ( although it is not officially calling it that ) , and that should be up on all new systems from May . |
| 9 | Instead she almost dreamily let her fingers trail over Julius 's smooth and supple skin , she felt the hard heat of him against her palms , and it was astonishing how right it seemed that they should be together like this . |
| 10 | Erm then , you know we should be back without any problem by er quarter past four . |
| 11 | Well I mean , I should be back for half past two . |
| 12 | We should be back in half an hour or so . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps communication should be at the broadest possible level if that is done well ; if not , it should be only at that level which can be done well . |
| 14 | But the agility and balance that should be there in such a fine-looking coupe are missing . |
| 15 | She should be in at any time now . ’ |
| 16 | He should be along in half an hour or so . " |
| 17 | Manufacturers publish tables showing the different sizes of guttering which should be used for different sizes of house but , as a rule of thumb , 100mm ( 4in ) or 112mm ( 4½in ) guttering with 68 or 69mm ( 2¾in ) downpipe , which will cope with 110 sq m of effective roof with a central downpipe ( or 55 sq m with an end pipe ) , should be enough for all but the largest houses . |
| 18 | The worksheets themselves are organized into Notebooks which contain 257 pages each ( which should be enough for most mortals ) . |
| 19 | But the five free 16-bit slots should be enough for most people . |
| 20 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 21 | At the current rate of use of some 1.5 x 10 12 cubic metres per year , this should be enough for another 50 years or so . |
| 22 | That should be enough in these dangerous times . |
| 23 | I believe strongly in our separate strengths — surely it should be so with all couples — that you give each other support , and character . |
| 24 | There must be more to this country squire than was disclosed by his clipped mannerisms and his habit of smiling each time he spoke , as though to ease his way through a dubious world . |
| 25 | The entertainment often included artistes who might be out at such gatherings several times a week . |
| 26 | Liquidated damages are a genuine pre-estimate of the loss resulting from the breach , whereas a penalty , which might be out of all proportion to the loss suffered , will not be enforced by the courts . |
| 27 | If the continuity of the voicing is broken , however , the pitch pattern might be more like this : |
| 28 | ‘ I think , ’ he said , ‘ there might be more tae this than meets the eye . ’ |
| 29 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 30 | Watching him , Polly saw his jaw tighten , but all he said was , ‘ It looks as if we might be in for another blow . ’ |