Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As her condition deteriorated , Brafman did not seek help from senior doctors but ‘ brazened it out and took away her last chance to be properly and professionally treated . ’ |
| 2 | It was largely his own determination to be rid of the tag of illness that brought eventual healing . |
| 3 | One monkey , a female called Gena , ripped off her own tail after being returned from a dental research project at Guy 's Hospital in London . |
| 4 | AGONY : Gena tore off her own tail after being used in research |
| 5 | The Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester is trying to shake off its persistent image of being just too highbrow for words and it is striving to show the general public that they might actually enjoy some of the things that go on there . |
| 6 | Every business organisation has its objectives — ie. its main purpose for being in existence . |
| 7 | Though relieved at the arrangements she had made that day , Harriet could not help feeling chastened ; and when she entered the back gate of Four Winds and heard the inevitable wailing of her grandchild , her mood deepened to despair that she had not brought up her own daughter to be the kind of helpmeet which she was certain Edna Rafferty would be . |