Example sentences of "be [det] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The path is famous for its wild plants — thrift , sea campion , kidney vetch , thyme and stonecrop are some you may see . |
| 2 | Here are some you might like to try , all written from low to high : CGEGCE , CGDGBD , CGDGBE ( called ‘ C wahine ’ ) , DGDF&sharp ; BD ( ‘ G wahine ’ ) and DADF&sharp ; AC&sharp ; ( ‘ D wahine ’ ) . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're all you 'll have , my darling , so count yourself lucky , ’ Luke submitted sharply , his humour abating . |
| 4 | For all that I have learned a greater variety of games , there are fewer I can tolerate . |
| 5 | DEC , which continues to maintain an official fidelity to ACE , at least in the short term when MIPS RISC boxes are all it can deliver , last week also cast Alpha as an ‘ evolution to ACE . ’ |
| 6 | But it is memories that are all he can hang on to in a world of ‘ new men , strange faces , other minds ’ . |
| 7 | These are all I could get . |
| 8 | ‘ There are many you can walk with . ’ |
| 9 | It might have been more it might have been |
| 10 | ‘ First Aid ’ breathing exercises are those you can use when you find you are under stress . |
| 11 | Adam said unhappily : ‘ But I doubt Harry went there to kill , and his standing at law may not be all we could wish . |
| 12 | But they were all she would accept . ’ |
| 13 | Mundane soap and a tiny towel were all I could fault . |
| 14 | He did not possess a markedly religious temperament , and most of his concerns were those he could share with lay people . |
| 15 | Coun Cussons has asked the police to step in to remedy the situation , but Cheshire 's Chief Constable , David Graham , says there is little they can do to persuade landlords to let younger drinkers back in . |
| 16 | Several local PPLs , who have to go to him , have complained about this exorbitantly high fee , but it seems that there is little we can do about it . |
| 17 | There is little we can do . |
| 18 | If parents do not accept your role there is little you can do . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 20 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 21 | However , I think Steven Micklewright has summed up our concerns very ably , and there is little I can add at present . |
| 22 | There is little I can say . |
| 23 | Lewis said : ‘ I was n't at Yarmouth and there is little I can say . |
| 24 | But notice that in order to respond effectively the defender must now twist all the way back , because sideways-on there is little he can do to score . |
| 25 | Although Russia , along with the Ukraine and Belorussia , opposes this plan , there is little it can do to stop it . |
| 26 | However , for a horse shut in a small yard , or especially a stable , boredom is very distressing as there is little it can do to break the monotony , and it will become anxious . |
| 27 | The police are aware of the problem but admit there 's little they can do . |
| 28 | But crime prevention experts say there 's little they can do to make hospitals secure . |
| 29 | They say resources are stretched to breaking point — administrators say there 's little they can do without more money to pay for new buildings . |
| 30 | ‘ There 's little they can do , ’ he says . |