Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] and [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's ‘ Thou hast already and , this being the case , thou mightest as well go on doing it , since if thou doth n't , it might be bad for thine psyche , and anyway if we told thee not to , thou wouldst accuse us of being prejudiced and go on doing it all the same . ’ |
| 2 | If the top were to accuse the subordinates of being suspicious and covering up their suspiciousness , that could clearly upset the division heads . |
| 3 | IBM also said that demand for the RS/6000 continued to be strong and pointed out that its operating costs are declining and that total operating expenses were down 8.9% on a year-to-year basis and that sales , general and administrative costs fell 10.1% . |
| 4 | IBM also said that demand for the RS/6000 continued to be strong and pointed out that its operating costs are declining and that total operating expenses were down 8.9% on a year-to-year basis and that sales , general and administrative costs fell 10.1% . |
| 5 | I thought I 'd better add a rider to that , it was easy to be male and misunderstood around here . |
| 6 | Constantly at war with my vertigo , I decided not to be pathetic and strode off on the flat , step-like slabs that top the crest of the ridge . |
| 7 | In the good , old-fashioned days text was sent off to be typeset and came back in long strips called galleys . |
| 8 | People like Niall , like Michael Morrissey , who do know what it is like to be poor and shat on , the bottom of the whole U.K. heap , they know I 'm nothing when they set eyes on me . |
| 9 | I 'm concerned with er third world issues and the wider world , and the need for the Church to be prophetic and stand up and be counted for the sake of justice . |
| 10 | After a frantic few minutes ' chase the skua realises this is n't going to be cost-effective and breaks off to look for something easier . |
| 11 | Their goal is to provide robust and reliable machinery which allows hardworking chefs the freedom and time to be creative and serve up dishes which will meet the high standards diners expect , safe in the knowledge that the equipment will not let them down . |
| 12 | She realized he was trying to lead the conversation away from her husband , to be kind and make up for his blunder . |
| 13 | There was no bubbling of water from inside , and the culvert seemed to be disused and silted up with debris . |
| 14 | For a new system to work it needs to be flexible and to fit in with your own personal requirements . |
| 15 | He decided to be generous and went in to the shop . |
| 16 | If you got into a punch-up in the office , that was the zeitgeist , it was kinda mandatory to be incapable and falling over . |
| 17 | All credit to them they know they have n't got a big guy apart from Ormanroyd as an outlet player so they 're prepared to be patient and build up and pass the ball al pass their way through . |
| 18 | Nonetheless , some males seem to be irresistible and end up as harem holders . |