Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What began as an exotic flirtation with the Other , a pop foray into a perceived Heart of Darkness , soon turned into a full-blown dance initiative in those irony-clad years of 1980–81 , with everyone from Japan to ABC to Cabaret Voltaire to Spandau Ballet to Heaven 17 conspiring to venture a white funk whose snappiness was a jeer at the indies , a white funk that would saunter easily into the charts and every other public place and , with their manifestos , make them better places to be . |
| 2 | ‘ Whether or not I want you around seems to be beside the point , does n't it ? |
| 3 | I hope you still want to be in the CCC . |
| 4 | ‘ I know he only means to be friendly and appear relaxed . ’ |
| 5 | But it helps even more if we understand what his purpose is , which is in the next verse : ‘ Those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son , that he might be the firstborn among many brothers . ’ |
| 6 | Deep down , I suppose I just want to be wanted . |
| 7 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 8 | ‘ And anyway , why do I always have to be the German ? ’ |
| 9 | I think she still wants to be friends . |
| 10 | Yeah , no I think you just need to be frank with him and you know say you 're happy about the finger , fine , but just , you know , |
| 11 | There is a question of powerlessness , on the other hand there is the question that , you know , even if you 've got power do you constantly want to be having to police your own bodily boundaries , as it were , and I do n't think it is right to ask women to be doing that . |
| 12 | Do you always seem to be shifting things along on your worktops in order to make room to prepare something ? |
| 13 | ‘ Do you never want to be one of the players , Izzie ? ’ said Gabriel . |
| 14 | Alright , do you still want to be friends ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do you still intend to be a missionary ? ’ |
| 16 | I think we only want to be on the mainframe so that the divisions can access details in the middle of the night . |
| 17 | I do n't think it 's condoning , I just think it 's given the safe , giving out the safest options for people who maybe taking drugs and , and and maybe in , in maybe er sometimes thinking about injecting drugs , and er I think we actually have to be very clear on this epidemic , that , that there is no , no way for , for lack of clarity , we have to go down the line . |
| 18 | Therefore , before any policy conclusions are drawn from the figures recently published , do we not need to be sure ( i ) that we can predict with some success which defendants are likely ( at more than 50 per cent . |
| 19 | Do we really have to be sure that God exists in order to believe in God ? |
| 20 | Why do they always want to be bosomy blondes is what I want to know . |
| 21 | It is gross waste that a man with such qualities should be turned into a traitor , when I think he never willed to be any such monster , but wanted only his native right . |
| 22 | I think it maybe has to be said that we we picked these figures , not because we wanted to talk about the figures , but simply to use them as for you to hang on to . |
| 23 | I think it really needs to be the whole photograph needs to be given more strength on making more of this post here . |
| 24 | You and your PP take it in turns to be the ‘ explainer ’ and the ‘ explained to ’ . |
| 25 | A person who requests legal advice should be given an opportunity to consult a named solicitor or a duty solicitor [ solicitors in private practice who take it in turns to be available to give advice , particularly overnight and at weekends ] . |
| 26 | Louis XVIII replied coldly : " Have I ever ceased to be ? " |
| 27 | " Have you never wanted to be married ? " |
| 28 | Have we really learnt to be content , in any , and every situation ? |