Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it . |
| 2 | The only place I could think of was Stonehenge which must have been spanking new then and as up to date as a Hilton or an out-of-town Sainsburys . |
| 3 | All we can do I think is resist this strongly and the whole idea for reorganization particularly this time . |
| 4 | Item — Lady Eleanor had been seen alive just before the service began by Dame Martha and Dame Elizabeth . |
| 5 | Dr Marshall , 60 , said it was disgraceful that she had been given little more than 48 hours to tidy her office . |
| 6 | They had been made redundant involuntarily and had worked full-time in the factory in low-paid , unskilled manual jobs on the shopfloor . |
| 7 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
| 8 | He had been feeling sick ever since they left the main junction and climbed into the joggling , jolting line train for the last lap of their journey , but the sudden whistle had finished him . |
| 9 | In addition , when I look at the plight of the millions of people who 've been made homeless recently because of flooding in other parts of the world , it does make me realize how lucky we are as a society that homelessness is still on a much smaller scale here than it is in some countries . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been acting weird ever since he started talking to me . |
| 11 | I 've been doing that today as well . |
| 12 | After all , they 've been doing this longer than you have . |
| 13 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 14 | What remains is to put all together and consider what manner of man this could be . ’ |
| 15 | Similarly in Lee v York Coach and Marine [ 1977 ] RTR 35 , a second-hand Morris car that was unsafe to drive was held unmerchantable even though the cost of repair was small . |
| 16 | Various panels of brickwork have been left exposed rather than plastered over , and the original heavy timber floor beams generally continue to project down below ceilings . |
| 17 | It 's odd ( and I feel a little guilty ) but I have been feeling happier today than at any time since I came here . |
| 18 | Cornwall is luckier than most parts of England in this respect — it 's been left alone more than other counties , and lots of applications for planning permission have been turned down . |