Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb base] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , ’ she added , ‘ would you like me to tell you what I do and how I come to be here ? ’ |
| 2 | And I 'm still waiting for your explanation of how you come to be here . ’ |
| 3 | It is not unusual for parents to be unaware of how you come to be there . |
| 4 | It 's awful how we have to be so aware and always on our guard that we are n't able to live normal lives . |
| 5 | It consists of verifiable events which took place in the past and the stories people tell each other to explain how they come to be where they are . |
| 6 | I would suggest that a more natural and more effective approach would be to reverse this traditional pedagogic dependency , begin with lexical items and show how they need to be grammatically modified to be communicatively effective . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't think why you appear to be so preoccupied with that girl . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know why you have to be so contrary , ’ snapped my mother . |
| 9 | ‘ You do tend to get thugs looking for a fight trying to join up for my classes , that 's why you have to be very selective . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Our figures show there is a need , but we are in the business where we want to be out of a job . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't see why we have to be so careful ? ’ she said , still hopping about . |
| 12 | Or again , for the ruling class or race against which such a movement rebels , as long as its authority is secure there are very strong practical advantages in thinking of its subjects as incapable of governing themselves , happy and carefree in their poverty , innately inferior in intelligence , out of work only if lazy , loyal and grateful for all one has done for them unless misled by irresponsible agitators ; it is only when they start to be dangerously restive that it becomes practically useful to understand their motives and capacities better . |
| 13 | What an impro of this kind does is confront the actors with a situation where they have to be emotionally truthful . |
| 14 | They are also costly which is , perhaps , the major reason why they tend to be little used when compared with the cross-sectional , single survey . |