Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you 're saying it began with a Big Bang ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're saying you went to the office twice then ? ’ |
| 3 | Modigliani was plagued and anxious because of the difficulty of finding models , and when one had been found he waited in a state of tension for fear of being let down . |
| 4 | In celebration , I 'm told you shot off every flare you could get your hands on . |
| 5 | I remember how , when I was a naughty boy as I usually was , there being no corporal punishment , I was led about on a bit of string by my Headmaster , and one day when I was being reprimanded I laughed in the Headmaster 's face — I have always been defiant to all who tried to control me . |
| 6 | The water 's work being done it passed into the Swilgate , this wending its way to the outskirts of Tewkesbury , where it joins the Severn . |
| 7 | When Dalin and Rust were writing they pointed to a variety of stimuli for change : in the United States it had been competition with the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | Once the birds were enclosed she leaned against the low coconut tree behind the house and examined her arms in the gentle afternoon light , wondering what colour they were . |
| 9 | The people who were selling it consisted of a very large woman , her parchment face frozen in a permanent ‘ bad smell ’ look , and a small man ( like female and male spiders , thought Jane ) . |
| 10 | Even that very first night , at that party at the Estwicks ’ place , you were wishing we lived in the days when a man could keep his mistress hidden away . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When they were distracted I rushed into the street . ’ |
| 12 | This being refused he applied to the Board , and on 5 February 1992 the Board granted special leave . |
| 13 | Marc wore a non-commital expression , and as soon as they were seated he reached inside an inner pocket and drew forth an envelope . |
| 14 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't want to criticise the officials and we have to abide by what they say , but from where we were sitting it looked like a strange decision . ’ |
| 16 | If no excuse had been sent he called on the parents , so truancy was kept to a minimum . |
| 17 | When we say when we say that that we stage door club is closed it closed in the place it 's not open every evening but we do actually let it out we let it out to companies and whatever conference or companies who want a facility or meeting place something we do actually market that and we do actually ask people if they want to use it and in fact it has been taken up there . |
| 18 | Her body was discovered by her boyfriend at her home in Swiss Cottage , north west London , and it is believed she died during the night . |
| 19 | The impression he was given he mistook for the truth , and his life-long opposition to the Christian faith was the consequence . |
| 20 | In this case the seller will not be in breach of the terms implied by section 12 provided that before the contract was made he disclosed to the buyer the existence of the lien . |
| 21 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 22 | The minute the door was closed she sat on the edge of her bed , covered her face with her hands and wept . |
| 23 | While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand . |
| 24 | After I was born she put on a lot of weight , and although eventually she lost most of it , my birth was seen as to blame for her weight problem , and throughout my childhood she reminded me of this . |
| 25 | In fact erm when for example Microsoft Access was reduced it included in the box the O D B C driver to access the SQL Server database . |
| 26 | In fact , both Stirling 's legs were temporarily paralysed and he suffered quite a severe back injury which was to keep him immobilized for the best part of two months . |
| 27 | All right then yeah , like I was saying I got into a massive argument with him last night I had an argument with Osman , right |
| 28 | To get a closer look at what I was doing he jumped onto the table , knocking eight woodscrews onto the floor . |
| 29 | I saw in publishing a very nice example of that , not the word processing , but at John Wylies , who are a very big scientific publishers in Chichester , where they had a computer system which the editors — he 's the person who deals with the author , puts the book together — set about ordering the book ; the orders and that information went into the computer , when the thing was printed it went into the warehouse and the computer then organised the storage of all of these things in the warehouse . |
| 30 | I saw in publishing a very nice example of that — not the word processing — but at John Wylies , who are very big scientific publishers in Chichester , where they had a computer system which the editor — he 's the person who deals with the author , puts the book together — set about ordering the book , the orders and that information went into the computer , when the thing was printed it went into the warehouse and the computer then organised the storage of all of these things in the warehouse . |