Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [coord] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But the er but it ca n't be done on modern alarms now because the bell boxes they use are anti-foam and they probably have two or three alarm
2 Figures are revealing but we also need to know what lies behind them .
3 Luke may have been popular but he never plucked up courage to get the girl of his dreams .
4 However , the SFO 's handling of its investigations has hardly been consistent and it already has set a precedent for the Barrowclough report to be published in full .
5 But is n't it the ignorance of the people because the people are ignorant and they actually do n't know what they 're voting for
6 We 're profitable but we normally do n't compete with anyone else for getting the work .
7 I like the bones best because they 're interesting and I never thought people were buried up here .
8 But though our brains are big , they are not the biggest ; whale and elephant are larger and we only top the scale if you take into account overall body size — our brain is largest relative to our bodies .
9 Short circuits are fine but they just do n't generate the same interest or the same type of nail biting racing , do they ?
10 ‘ A number of the crew are Belgian and we therefore have a Belgian chef on board so that we can offer traditional Belgian fare
11 These games are fascinating and I too have occasionally indulged in the adventures of little plumber Mario courtesy of my son 's console .
12 The issues here are complicated and I only have space to give a rough indication of where the difficulties lie .
13 ‘ I am 66 and I really want to retire .
14 I 'm sorry but I just think that is outrageous !
15 I 'm sorry but I just do n't want a relationship right now .
16 Everyone will be embarrassed and it rarely helps .
17 This was the first time and it was pressure of work that we have n't done it for you to see it earlier , this is not normal so just forgive this one time and we need n't spend any more thought on it because next time it it going to be different and it always has been different .
18 Personally , I always avoid fishing the corners of waters : I may be wrong but I simply feel that bream avoid such places .
19 Hence ( see 1.9 ) unc must also be diagonal and it then follows that unc is also diagonal .
20 ‘ I 'm sick but I still think I 've done the right thing .
21 The story may be apocryphal but it neatly illustrates the role of the catalyst .
22 ‘ He said the rent would not necessarily be raised in future after stating that it would be index-linked and he also wants to stage concerts and fetes at the ground in the close season when we would need to work on the pitch . ’
23 ‘ We do believe the information to be useful and we also believe it is a possibility that the man shown on the tape in Phil Wells .
24 I do n't know I 'm sure but he never mentioned it anyway .
25 That may , in some respects , be healthy but it also has to be said that those reticences marked a division between private and public spheres which may have made compromise possible .
26 Not only does it ignore the sense in which suffering can be unwitting but it also begs the question in favour of saying , when specific symptoms like struggling or urination occur in animals , that these are properly to be seen as , emotional responses ' ( which covertly elicits our sympathy for the conscious distress of the stricken human parent rather than the symptoms of it observed in the struggling , yet unaware , athlete ) .
27 We knew it would be late but we still hurried through the waking village , across the fields , past the hospital and along the railway track to Raxaul station .
28 I have bought Practical PC since it first came out in an attempt to help with the strange world of computers and from reading it I think I might need a 286 or 386 PC — but how can I be sure and I still have n't the foggiest idea what most of the terminology means .
29 She was afraid Major Harper would be angry but he only smiled , blue eyes twinkling .
30 She also found that her driving licence would be handy and she sometimes needed to visit patients at home .
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