Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter and Louise had been right when she said that he knew everybody . |
| 2 | The Victorian historian Macaulay may well have been right when he stated that the Cornish , ‘ … a fierce , bold and athletic race , among whom there was a stronger provincial feeling than in any other part of the realm ’ , were not so much concerned with the matter of religious principle on which Bishop Trelawney had made his stand ; Trelawney was ‘ … reverenced less as a ruler of the Church than as the head of an honourable house and the heir , through twenty descents , of ancestors who had been of great note before the Normans had set foot on English ground ’ . |
| 3 | Some are easier than they appear but many others prove much more difficult . |
| 4 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 5 | After impetuously hijacking the tapes of a feature on trade unions which C4 's nervous bigwigs wanted cut , he did n't make another appearance on the show , and it has never been clear whether he jumped or was pushed . |
| 6 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |
| 7 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 8 | Such hill-walkers are uncomfortable unless they look like the remnants box in an Indian wedding-sari shop . |
| 9 | Unless the circumstances are such that he fears that violence is likely , no offence is committed . |
| 10 | People know this , they identify with this , they recognise that you 're back-tracking and it looks as though your ke case is hereby weakened . |
| 11 | Now presumably they 've got more interesting things to think about when they 're sixteen than they have when they 're eleven , but this is a sad fact . |
| 12 | Guide Dogs and wheelchairs are welcome but we regret that pushchairs and dogs are not permitted in the exhibition hall . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman knows that that allegation is untrue , but I am glad that he accepts that the quality of service has improved and that there have been improvements in the pricing of a number of British Telecom services . |
| 14 | But Althusser imposes one stringent limitation on the types that are admissible when he asserts that Marxist history is ‘ a process without a subject ’ . |
| 15 | Provisions to undertake these remits have been substantial but we estimate that without them our costs in 1992–93 would have been some £25 million higher . |
| 16 | Initial feedback from staff has been encouraging and I hope that this will be reflected in the questionnaires which all staff in BBD have been asked to complete . |
| 17 | they are firm and I think that you have a feather one have n't you ? |
| 18 | I think Arthur Scargill 's handling of the affair has been despicable and I feel that he should be brought to justice for acts which we consider to be verging on the illegal . |
| 19 | I think Arthur Scargill 's handling of the affair has been despicable and I feel that he should be brought to justice for acts which we consider to be verging on the er illegal . |
| 20 | I am sure that he agrees that we should not dock the benefit of deserving mums . |
| 21 | On a fast , gusty launch a wooden glider will treat you to a series of creaks and groans , and occasionally bangs , which are alarming until you realize that it is all pretence and that the structure is not in the least danger of breaking up . |
| 22 | Weber 's observations on status groups are important since they suggest that in certain situations status rather than class provides the basis for the formation of social groups whose members perceive common interests and a group identity . |
| 23 | Some are important because they supply and service utilities such as gas , electricity and water ; others , even though they are small in number , because their production keeps many thousands in employment ; and still others , like doctors , nurses and paramedics , because they deal with human emergencies . |
| 24 | The unions are concerned because they fear that even if the in-house bids for the Civil Service work are successful , jobs could still be lost . |
| 25 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |
| 26 | If social anthropologists are sincere when they say that their subject is a kind of micro-sociology and when they proclaim that they no longer feel themselves to be members of a culture/society which is intrinsically " superior " to that of the people they are studying , why do n't they study themselves ? |
| 27 | Franklin even added point ( excuse me ) to the argument about whether pointed or knobbed lightning rods may be preferable when he showed that blunted ones acted at a greater distance . |
| 28 | It can be controversial and I envisage that fixing zone boundaries would require a procedure of public enquiry etc . |
| 29 | ‘ They must always be careful when they adjust and react to television that they do n't change the nature of their sport . |
| 30 | After jointing and gluing ( be careful where you stop and start your tongues ) , two pieces can be cut off to finish at four and a half inches each . |