Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should be back in an hour , then perhaps you 'll bring your notebook into my office . |
| 2 | Duncan Shearer and Mixu Paateleinen expected to lead the attack alongside Eoin Jess , the home fans should be in for an exciting ninety minutes . |
| 3 | Control is therefore going to be important around the greens and for that reason Severiano Ballesteros should be in with a good chance . |
| 4 | He should be in with a party quite soon . ’ |
| 5 | With a four pound penalty for that Down Royal win , Glitter Grey has a reasonable weight of 10st 2lb and she should be in with a chance for she will love the ground . |
| 6 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
| 7 | While Mr Stych was canoeing back down a tributary of the Mackenzie– already dangerous with chunks of ice , to an appointment with a helicopter , Mr Frizzell was trying on his last year 's brocade waistcoat and finding it too small ; Mr MacDonald , Ian 's father , was winding up a trying compensation case for his insurance company at Vermilion ; and Mr MacDonald ( oil ) was trying to explain to his superiors in Sarnia , Ontario , why he must be back in a place like Tollemarche by the middle of December . |
| 8 | Anytime a westerly or south-westerly wind is blowing , for example , means you must be in with a good chance of making a catch , even if other conditions are not equally as good . |
| 9 | Erm obviously most teams will win their home matches , particularly with the travelling that 's going off , so if we can sneak a win when we go away and get a win tonight then we must be in with a good chance . |
| 10 | They felt they might be on to a good thing . |
| 11 | Steve Kerton says it 's good to be back racing in this country and he has n't had a brilliant start but if he keeps picking up points might be in with a chance of winning |
| 12 | Steve Kerton says it 's good to be back racing in this country and he has n't had a brilliant start but if he keeps picking up points might be in with a chance of winning |
| 13 | I think if you get four , five results together , I think you might be in with a shout . |
| 14 | She might be in for a long wait : Bella did n't break her routine for anyone . |
| 15 | City 's attackers The signs were already there for City that they might be in for a spanking when their formidable attack of Andy Cole , Leroy Rosenior and playmaker Jacki Dziekanowski were held in a tight grip in a first-half an opening 45 minutes that was marked by a spectacular 30-yard goal from Justin Channing , in the final week of his loan spell from QPR . |
| 16 | ‘ It looks as if we might be in for a bit of a blow , ’ he remarked . |
| 17 | You might be in for a shock . ’ |
| 18 | It 'll be on in a bit , Col. |
| 19 | Oh it 'll be on in a minute Sue . |
| 20 | right erm could I just check something else which was not mentioned er is that is it when you have opened these two Homeworks shops that you 'll be up to a hundred and seventy eight |
| 21 | ‘ He 'll be up in a minute . |
| 22 | I 'll be up in a while . |
| 23 | He 'll be up in a moment . |
| 24 | She 'll be up in a minute . |
| 25 | Yeah he 's going okay I 'll be up in a minute love . |
| 26 | We 'll be up in a minute . |
| 27 | She 'll be around for a long time yet . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll be around for a while , ’ Lucy said . |
| 29 | He 'll be around in a little while . |
| 30 | Alright , she 'll be expecting she reckons she 's due on the twenty third of March , but the hospital say it 's , it 's the twenty ninth , so it 'll be next week , I 'll have to give a ring , we went to see her the other week , to see how she was , erm we went round er one night , I rung her up to see if she 'd be in , I said right we 'll be round for an hour |