Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] have [adv] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , those who have emerged to lead it have often been unsuitable in personality terms and are readily to be seen as incompetent or inappropriate , even by the least perspicacious . |
| 2 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 3 | Organisations such as the British Mountaineering Council see this as the thin end of the wedge where payment will be demanded for access to land which has previously been open to the public . |
| 4 | For the strong propaganda machinery it was almost too easy to transform what had once been marginal into the nearly official . |
| 5 | ‘ He made his money in them , ’ Patrick gravely explained , ‘ and now he tries to pretend he did n't , because he wants people to think he 's always been rich . |
| 6 | Duncan did n't feel the need to say she had also been naked . |
| 7 | Now most people that come to see us have never been involved in designing or writing ads . |