Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Grant , I 'll need to be away or I 'll miss my bus . |
| 2 | I want to be there when you find the others . ’ |
| 3 | Many mujaheddin leaders were reported to be abroad and it was thought that Mujjaddedi , leader of the smallest mujaheddin group as well as of an influential Sufi brotherhood , was trying to delay stepping down in the hope that on their return they would support his continuation in office . |
| 4 | she wants to be near and he said could n't let her go |
| 5 | It is not only thought to be so but it undoubtedly is so , and getting better in each and every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | ‘ It happened to be there so I potted it . ’ |
| 7 | Just happened to be there and he , he , he was telling the meeting that when he 's canvassing , going door to door , he , he knows as soon as walking up the drive whether there 's someone in or not . |
| 8 | Young Paul happened to be home when she mentioned it , and looked up over his spectacles . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think any sentence would really be appropriate but I ca n't bear the thought that he is going to be out one day , and that day is going to be sooner than I thought . |
| 10 | Well you were n't going to be anyway because you er , oh it 's on tonight is it ? |
| 11 | So if you like the first quarter will probable it 'll be pro rata that 's going to be less because it 's it 's only part of . |
| 12 | And you went to school in the morning but never knew whether your house was going to be there when you got home for dinner or whether you 'd still have a mum and dad and |
| 13 | Yeah I think it it 's it 's been coming on a sort of er you know we we we tour here twice a year every year and we release an album every year at this time and a video , so it 's for all the people who like that type of music they know it 's going to be there and they come out to see us all the time you know and er as you say it goes on and on but lucky enough there is an awful lot of material for us to do and you know there should n't be any problem . |
| 14 | they actually use the actors who are going to be there because it 's easier |
| 15 | He was late yesterday , got a brand new vehicle and , yet I mean if , if was getting here at one and yesterday he got to ours at half past eleven , so erm , it was half past eleven that 's right , it was dead on , so erm , erm whatever 's he going to be like when it gets near to Christmas ? |
| 16 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 17 | ‘ Anyway , I 've obviously got to be here if you 're going to be leading the good life , since I 'm a major component of it . ’ |
| 18 | had n't got to be there and he could be cured |
| 19 | ‘ You 've got to be there and you 've got to sign this to show that you 're aware of it . ’ |
| 20 | Erm I ca n't tell you what time he 'll be home really erm well say in the twenty minutes he 's bound to be home cos he he 's been home and then he 's had to shoot out again , he 's gone to get the battery so he wo n't be long . |
| 21 | The way the work-force has been treated over the last few years , the uncertainty that 's been created and the lack of consultation , the impact on their lives of such a closure on people who have been expecting to be there until they retire — their jobs may well go , and the impact on that , both for their own lives as well as their families . |
| 22 | I think , I think that in any , I mean in , in , in , if you wan na , if you wan na look at it in terms I mean I think labour it it 's always gon na have to be there and I think the biological constraints put the you know , sharpened device |
| 23 | It may have to be less if we are rushed . |
| 24 | The worst moment always seems to be immediately before you step into the unknown . |
| 25 | There seems to be nowhere where we could start , no sentence whose meaning is , as it were , self-contained enough to be learnable as a first step towards learning the rest . |
| 26 | It relatively seldom results in marital breakdown nowadays , even when it is discovered by the partner ; and even the temporary trauma induced by the discovery seems to be less that it was once ( there is no real proof of this , nor in the other direction — I base the comment mainly on people 's expressed attitudes ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I could have arranged to be there when he called … none of this would have happened if I 'd been there to take care of her . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't want to be here when she comes back . ’ |
| 29 | She did n't want to be here when it was completely dark . |
| 30 | I do n't want to go back to the Evans 's , I really do n't , I never did want to be there but it 's worse now , not better . |