Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [subord] [pron] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been besotted with each other more or less since they were children . |
| 2 | Butcher-block and wood counter tops are sturdy and look good but they are not very practical near the sink surrounds or anywhere where there is water because they can warp and the grain can rise up . |
| 3 | The offences were committed over six years at the society 's museum at Comrie , initially when the accused was a trustee of the society and latterly when he was curator . |
| 4 | Equally witches are real if and only if there are criteria for identifying witches . |
| 5 | Erm I do n't necessarily think that a road running through that area would increase development pressures and basically because it is greenbelt , it 's not going to development pressure . |
| 6 | And especially since we were freeholders , er but anyway , er thank God I was n't quite old enough . |
| 7 | Sometimes , yes , and especially when they 're juniors |
| 8 | For example , during pregnancy and just after you are queen for ten or eleven months . |
| 9 | Just because it is convenient to single out some policies for special attention , and just because there are courses on social policy that require the study of a specific and limited range of public policies , we should not therefore fall into the trap of seeing these as the main government contributions to welfare , or the ‘ general good ’ . |
| 10 | And just because it 's Friday and there 's a lot of sport around , it 's Jim Delahunt we join in the Newsroom . |
| 11 | And just as there are books on the Munros , Richard Goedeke has written a guide to their alpine equivalents , describing each peak and the easiest way up it . |
| 12 | Partly because the baby-boom generation , with its eclectic musical tastes , is replacing the old gospel music establishment , and partly because there is money to be made out of grooving with God . |
| 13 | He was scowling fiercely , partly because the sky was so blazing blue that he could n't look at it and partly because he was Moses Arkwright , the famous jewel thief , searching out a rival gang that had stolen the biggest ruby in the world from the Tower of London . |
| 14 | . But , okay , so everyone is interested in that , you know , and particularly if it 's sex in high places . |
| 15 | Er Madam Speaker , I understand the position you ma you the point you make about er ministers det er determining whether they 're going to make a statement by an oral statement or by a written parliament question , but surely the speaker does have power if he or she so determines to summon er a minister here and particularly if there 's pressure in parliament to require a minister to come here and make a statement , that must be right . |
| 16 | The magistrates had found that ‘ the appellants appeared wholly unaware of other persons in the vicinity , ’ and even if there was evidence that they ought to have known , that is not necessarily the same as actual awareness . |
| 17 | ‘ She 'll want to take a look at those eyes of yours , whether anything can be done about them at the moment or not , and even if it is Boxing Day . ’ |
| 18 | If , if you like the characteristics which you will show most of , and we 'll do a little team characteristics test a bit later this morning , but the characteristics which you will show most of are one , that you are fairly gregarious person , you like being the , the salesman is a , a loner and be quite a lot more to life , so you 're fairly gregarious people , and even though there are degrees of it , you 're all fairly extrovert people as well , and those two characteristics do n't lend themselves very well to being organised . |
| 19 | Like , we were in Belfast filming , and even though there were guns everywhere , the people were really bubbly and joyous . |
| 20 | The scenery was beautiful and even though there was snow on the ground it was like a hot summers day and if I had the chance to go back I would . |
| 21 | And maybe if you were Mandy you could . |
| 22 | And we 'd sit there on er a and then when it was time to come home , when me father used perhaps might be about er nine o'clock or half past , he used to come and the gentleman always used to him . |
| 23 | ‘ And yet once you were warmth and sensuality . |
| 24 | Petunias , annual lavateras and impatiens pop up everywhere and anywhere where there is space . |
| 25 | Pictures done in the zoo can be much better than those done in a museum from a dry skin , perhaps not very convincingly stuffed ; but only if there are field sketches too for the artist to work from can he hope to get the background right . |
| 26 | ‘ Once I 'd gone I was asked to do a wide range of things but not because I was Chrissie Rogers but because of me Ethy Browne that has been the most satisfying aspect . |
| 27 | But not if they are Inquisitors ! |
| 28 | ‘ But not until you are mother of his heir . |
| 29 | And er but not where there 's houses , it 's like a car |
| 30 | ‘ But surely if there was difficulty and she had relations , they would have taken her back . ’ |