Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you know you 're using that boy like bait to catch a fish ? |
| 2 | By putting them through the assessment and certification process we are demonstrating that confidence , as well as showing our commitment to quality assurance . |
| 3 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 4 | To know oneself was to know that order . |
| 5 | Steve keeps saying he were he says I 'm having that tape recorder , I says you 're not she 's coming to take it back . |
| 6 | When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said . |
| 7 | He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink . |
| 8 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 9 | It was warm and sunny , and for a brief time , as she cycled along to the nearest shops , she almost forgot what was to come that day . |
| 10 | yeah yeah well I know she was getting that way towards Christmas . |
| 11 | and then you got the rest of it , so you 'll always go more than a hundred and eighty , now when you , when you 're pointing you 're facing that way again , turn around that way again , when you 're facing that way , erm especially if I 'm about erm , say especially if I 'm about here . |
| 12 | It , it was a two bedroom old cottage it was , very , very nice with a big garden and all I had was erm one room downstairs and like er a kitchen , well er where the sink and that was it was more like a big room where the kitchen was and the two bedrooms upstairs , but only a door on one bedroom , you went up the stairs into a big open room you know where the bannisters all round you know what I mean , no door on it and just , another door , a bedroom door , that 's all but I loved it you know it was a nice erm , not bad , but of course it was condemned it got so old and then they pulled it down and they built another house on it right next to where erm that shooting took pla you know they was having that shooting night just down that lane where I used to be |
| 13 | The way to do it is to treat that murder in as formal a manner as you can . |
| 14 | the only way to do it is get that book one really sort of so he really understands it and then he 's gon na be interested in book two cos he 'll |
| 15 | Erm , you know it 's saying that motherhood is a good thing , but let's not exert ourselves too greatly to do anything about it . |
| 16 | " I guess I 'm made that way , " she admitted . |
| 17 | I do n't know what to think parked cars the of a big if I can see a parked car there a long way in front of me I go I am park that car so it |
| 18 | That does not mean one is promoting that group 's lifestyle , orientation or activity . ’ |
| 19 | Of course I 'm sorry , for some strange reason I thought we were going that way , I 've got to go through the other way have n't I ? |
| 20 | When you question yourself about whether a phrase is ambiguous or vague , the litmus-test is usually ‘ Did I intend it be written that way ? |
| 21 | Well , s I thought it was tending that way . |
| 22 | When the counting has been completed it is found that Party A ( together with any actual or potential allies ) has won 52% of the seats for 48% of the votes , whilst Party B ( together with any actual or potential allies ) has won 52% of the votes but only 48% of the seats . |
| 23 | When you join the company there 's so many J S words , I mean you just , you just , I mean half of it goes over your head , I mean it 's get that go get that out of the buffer room . |
| 24 | They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order . |
| 25 | Never again would she let herself be caught that way . |
| 26 | Mrs Abigail drove the blue WRVS van , Miss Poraway sat beside her with a list of the names and addresses they were to visit that morning , the diabetics marked with a ‘ D ’ , as were the corresponding dinners in the metal hot-boxes . |
| 27 | In the whole , as the degree of discrimination increased it was found that reaction time increased at a fairly constant rate . |
| 28 | I had I 'm getting that way tomorrow night ! |
| 29 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 30 | What had you been doing that day ? |