Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does Nat Sec have any responsibility at all to ensure that the work is being done , and if so what is Nat Sec expected to do if an Area Sec does not appear to be doing his/her job effectively ? |
| 2 | ‘ If ever you 're Manchester way , look us up . |
| 3 | Why — unless perhaps we are closet retributivists or reductivists — should not offenders simply be formally denounced with words and ceremony and then set free ? |
| 4 | This is because technically they are State officials . |
| 5 | The Neon also gets full-width wheel trims , passenger door mirror and opening rear quarterlights , while inside there 's velour trim and a better stereo . |
| 6 | Burton was in his Valhalla : a company largely of men , a chosen few , who could endure ancient and god-like debauches , sing old songs , recite the enduring poetry of the race spin yarns which threaded together truth and fiction in a seamless flow of talk — while outside there was world war and the danger of war to which they were all headed and of which they were all unafraid . |
| 7 | There were only 30m plastic cards in circulation in 1979 — including cheque , credit and cash withdrawal cards — whereas now there are 100m cards in use . |
| 8 | However , the ethyl ester of ethanoic acid used to be called ethyl acetate , whereas today it is ethyl ethanoate . |
| 9 | He said huskily , ‘ Let me , McAllister , ’ and began to unbutton her blouse , ‘ I want to stroke you , McAllister , and not your clothes , ’ and she made no effort to stop him , and when he bent his head to kiss the breasts he had fondled with his hands the cry which she gave was one of pleasure , not fear , for now it was Dr Neil loving her so carefully that the flood of pleasure was almost on her from that alone . |