Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] [noun] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The account he gave just after his release was that the threat had been that a British soldier might ‘ accidentally ’ shoot one of the women . |
| 2 | One possible answer for Ian being found away from his family is that he knew he was in danger , and expected them to come after him . |
| 3 | He remembered little things — childhood images trapped in memory : his father 's hand laid momentarily on his mother 's as they sat at table ; laughter from their bedroom at night ; his mother straightening his father 's tie and drawing her finger in a delicate gesture along his cheek . |
| 4 | The only thing that makes it wrong in my view is that you do n't love him . ’ |
| 5 | or you ca n't have a lunch break , but she did n't , she just automatically assumes that everybody knows what 's going on in her head be that everybody else should know as well , yeah anyway I 've got to go Matt 's shouting , he 's obviously having problems plumbing the dishwasher , god his little cotton socks , so we 'll see you later , alright then , see you later on ta ta . |
| 6 | The first thing you must get out of your head is that you 're the predestined black sheep of the family , that you and they are necessarily opposed . ’ |
| 7 | Moreover , they had their own doctrines by now of who Jesus was and what the term ‘ Messiah ’ meant . |
| 8 | The objectives of the Unit as laid out in its constitution are as follows : to undertake industrial relations research of a long-term multidisciplinary character ; to contribute towards improving the quality of data and of understanding that is available for industrial relations policy-making by government , employers and trade unions ; to provide for a concentration of resources and continuity of work and thereby improve career opportunities for research workers and facilitate large-scale research projects ; to enhance the quality of industrial relations teaching and research activity of the School of Industrial and Business Studies ; to be a national and international centre for industrial relations research and to attract suitable visiting researchers and research students to the University . |
| 9 | His consistent wish until very very late in his course was that all conceivable medical measures be carried out . |
| 10 | My father had left , but everything apart from his absence was as it had been . |