Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh dear , you and your girlfriends … well , perhaps Tory could come too ? ’ she looked enquiringly at Marie , who admitted that Victoria had been considered too young to ride by her parents . |
| 2 | That , that 's , that 's more of a , and they 're doing very little to start with , and then they rapidly get up to their top speed , and they level out . |
| 3 | Note that attempts will be made wherever possible to conciliate between solicitor and client where the client is dissatisfied with the solicitor 's charges , and the dispute has not been resolved under the firm 's internal PR15 procedure . |
| 4 | Erm while I 'm having a look at this although it would n't seem to me to be taking too long to look at this Trevor , what you see on the table over there |
| 5 | They were both so caught up in developments at Crystal Springs that it was sometimes hard for Christina to recall that Stephen still had a stake in a totally separate business empire in England — one that Robert seemed to be finding increasingly hard to administer in his partner 's prolonged absence , though Stephen still kept a very firm grip on English events from Barbados . |
| 6 | General Accident will insure you for all sums which you may be held legally liable to pay for death or injury to other persons or damage to their property , as a result of any accident involving any motor cycle which your certificate of motor insurance permits you to drive or use . |
| 7 | General Accident will insure you for all sums which you may be held legally liable to pay in connection with your caravan and the plot on which your caravan is situated together with any fences , hedges , posts or chains around the plot resulting in |
| 8 | Often grievers are left totally alone to deal with their pain , isolation and loneliness . |
| 9 | His shallow waters were becoming more comfortable to dabble in than Lowell 's dark and turbid sea . |
| 10 | Oliver slept in the middle of the bed , naked , his eyes fiercely shut as if he were trying very hard to think about something . |
| 11 | The RCO held a conference to investigate why it is proving so difficult to recruit in this area . |
| 12 | It is considered more satisfactory to adhere to the conventional conveyancing procedure so that the husband 's solicitors will submit an epitome of title to the wife 's solicitors or ( in the case of registered land ) office copy entries of the registered title . |
| 13 | It 's among the shyer species of Cory and is considered very difficult to spawn in aquaria . |
| 14 | Therefore it is considered extremely unlucky to step on one . |
| 15 | Appropriate revision should ensure that the scheme keeps up to date , but large scale reclassifying remains unpopular and an uneasy balance between updating and stability must be maintained ; this balance is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain as knowledge changes rapidly . |
| 16 | It is becoming less useful to enter into each other 's feelings , more and more convenient to consult one 's pocket computer . |
| 17 | The summary of endoscopic and manometrical findings in controls and patients with reflux oesophagitis is shown in Figure 4 where the mucosal junction seen at endoscopy is located more proximal according to the increasing severity of reflux oesophagitis . |
| 18 | It is getting increasingly difficult to get into further education ’ . |
| 19 | It 's getting rather hard to think about what it is that lets me see them as distinct individuals if all that they 're doing are |
| 20 | I 've got a Congress fund which , I mean today it 's getting so dear to go to Congress erm you know , the hotels are so dear . |
| 21 | It 's getting really difficult to drive in London . ’ |
| 22 | In hot climates , the air-conditioning in reception is kept icily high to contrast with the sweaty streets . |
| 23 | Some supplements also aim to help horses which are working particularly hard to cope with the increased stress . |
| 24 | Unfortunately it was received too late to go through the formal council procedure , but I do hope that you allow me to hand it to the council secretary later who it is addressed to . |
| 25 | First , the strain of maintaining Martin Luther King 's advice to " turn the other cheek " was becoming too great to bear in the face of continued attacks and insults . |
| 26 | It was for reasons such as these that it was decided wherever possible to rely on published research in the field . |
| 27 | Nina was built too late to compete with other accelerators that had done most of the early work , leaving Daresbury with little else to follow up , says Irvine : ‘ It was a classic case of too little , too late . ’ |
| 28 | Tense is not included as it was found too difficult to test within this framework . |
| 29 | Andrew would go back to the bright lights of the capital and she , Benedicta , would ensure that Topaz was kept too busy to think about things which could break her heart . |