Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [noun] [vb past] [prep] be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some visits could not be done with students and so work had to be reorganised . |
| 2 | Men like Prior , Gilmour , Pym , Walker , and perhaps Heseltine seemed to be challenging the very premisses of monetarism . |
| 3 | This required much investment and also profit had to be provided to the shareholders , some of them French . |
| 4 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 5 | Officers were no longer members , and increasingly education came to be seen not as a separate or specialized concern of local government but as a service to be considered alongside housing , transport , or rubbish collection . |
| 6 | And then arrangements had to be made to transport his cats as well as himself to the new flat . |
| 7 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |
| 8 | A large marquee was being erected and everywhere men seemed to be pulling and heaving on large ropes . |
| 9 | Some had five eyes and mouths like elephants ' trunks , and yet others appeared to be walking on stilt-like appendages , and had heads with no features at all , not even mouths . |
| 10 | And yet Maurice appeared to be almost proud , because Harry was not a customer , but somebody who had demanded a favour and given nothing in return . |
| 11 | The sequence was then interrupted by a flood that was so devastating that a new start had to be made and again kingship had to be ‘ lowered from heaven ’ . |
| 12 | There were several other incidents in Streatham and Brixton which interrupted the through service to Croydon and Purley and occasionally cars had to be lent to other depôts . |
| 13 | Ryzhkov made no mention of a referendum in his address on May 24 , however , and subsequently officials appeared to be distancing themselves from the idea . |
| 14 | ‘ But obviously things had to be dried out as one would expect , ’ he added . |
| 15 | Several were in groups of four , three standing slabs of stone over which a fourth lay as a roof , others lay tumbled in meaningless heaps , but still others seemed to be set in distinguishable lines and circles . |
| 16 | She had expected more censure , more blame , but instead Fen seemed to be taking everything upon himself . |