Example sentences of "he [modal v] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter who she met in the future , that walk in the lemon-scented night with him would be one part of her she would never share with anyone . |
| 2 | I heard recently that if the patient is in North Wales he may be 2 hours from the nearest hospital . |
| 3 | In a brief speech , he explained that as President of the Russian Federation he should be above party politics ; he then strode dramatically from the congress hall . |
| 4 | He should be that lot three anyway . |
| 5 | He must be sad character , and that 's the only reason why ! |
| 6 | ‘ He must be some kind of animal . ’ |
| 7 | He must be digging earth and replanting the cyclamen corm . |
| 8 | He 'll be better sport , fed . |
| 9 | He 'll be good company for that kid of Connon 's . |
| 10 | He 'll be touchy feeling and he wants to complete application form , give it to him okay if he 's an original he 'll want to see conceptual presentations , he 'll want to see illustrations , he 'll want to see erm , sales aids , if he 's in audible mode he will far more readily to what you tell him as opposed to , let me show you something , okay and there 's a specific technique |
| 11 | Rhodes , however , dismisses such comparisons : ‘ I never saw Colin Bland , but from everything I 've heard he 'll be one level higher than any other fielder , just like Bradman and the rest when it comes to batting . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's hoped he 'll be happier back at ITN . ’ |
| 13 | He might be amazingly good to look at , he might be brilliant company , he might possibly be an amazing lover , though she could n't truthfully testify to that in depth , but jokes and … and sex were n't everything . |
| 14 | Yes , he might be a useful contact but somehow she sensed he might be more trouble than he was worth . |
| 15 | She told me he could be Prime Minister . ’ |
| 16 | Whatever else Luke was — and , heaven knew , he had so many facets — he could be great company when he chose . |
| 17 | His writing 's more grown-up well , he 'd be two years older now — but I 'd know it anywhere . ’ |
| 18 | Cos he 'd be hopeless team . |
| 19 | There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar-billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you , Cal — he just tagged along , and I thought he 'd be good ammunition against Mum and Dad . ’ |
| 21 | Patrick landed across a rock , and lucky for him the ride was in to break his fall or it 's crippled he 'd be this minute . |
| 22 | He 'd be popular boy of the Remove , she prophesied . |
| 23 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 24 | running game here and he 'd be false time and would be very unfit . |
| 25 | He confirmed that he would be challenging Diouf in the presidential elections due in February 1993 . |
| 26 | He would be uncrowned king … a hero … an idol . |
| 27 | While remaining head of state , he resigned forthwith as head of the MPR , declaring that henceforth he would be above party politics and not subject to political or legislative control , but would act as " arbiter and final judge " on important matters . |
| 28 | On December 28 he would be twenty years old , and he wondered bitterly when he might be allowed to grow up . |
| 29 | Paul said he would be fitting smoke alarms immediately . |
| 30 | For now it is sufficient to assert that John , having loved and lost , felt he would be tempting providence to allow himself to love again . |