Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our defence has been solid and we played with a lot of spirit against Kilmarnock and Dunfermline . |
| 2 | But at high NO concentrations , ozone levels are low as it reacts with NO to form NO&sub2 ; . |
| 3 | This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail . |
| 4 | We respond to all four strongly , but cats are weak when it comes to sweet tastes . |
| 5 | And again there was the quiver of amusement , because had Dierdriu ever been discreet when she went to a lover 's bed ? |
| 6 | His institute 's estimates of the country 's current economic level relative to Western Europe are high and he concludes from this that economic reform can be based largely on domestic resources . |
| 7 | People who already have breathing problems are badly affected if pollution levels are high when they come into the city centre . |
| 8 | Marxist critics argue that functionalist accounts of the state are vacuous because they consist of citing the consequences of particular actions as their causes ( Elster , 1986 ; also note 1 , p. 71 ) . |
| 9 | They are stingy when it comes to overheads : in most discount stores , there are few staff in sight and goods are sold out of the boxes they come in . |
| 10 | The sexually-transmitted diseases ( e.g. syphilis , gonorrhoea , AIDS and non-specific urethritis ) are so-called because they occur as a result of direct sexual contact with an infected partner . |
| 11 | Well , things are different if you live in the Gorgie-Dalry area of Edinburgh — or at least , they were until recently . |
| 12 | However , profit margins are tiny where they exist at all and ICI had made it clear that it was not chasing ‘ profitless prosperity . ’ |
| 13 | But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you . |
| 14 | In due course the parents are relieved when he begins to ‘ miss ’ his two o'clock and then his six o'clock feeds . |
| 15 | Most slopes are outside but I went to the 30 metre slope at Calshot Activities Centre at Calshot Spit in the Solent . |
| 16 | The trouble is local authorities are autonomous when it comes to applying trading standards but Haverfordwest seems out of step with other councils on the issue . |
| 17 | But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public . |
| 18 | This would have been impossible unless we camped at the foot of Beinn Eibhinn , or had started from Loch Ossian at dawn , or were two gold medalist fell-runners . |
| 19 | No wonder they 're touchy when you pick on them the way you do . ’ |
| 20 | You 're grey and black like a big rat , but I love you because you 're English and you wait for me every day . ’ |
| 21 | If you come out of our , out of a swimming pool and you 're wet and you stand on the side and you 're beginning to get cold , what 's your body reaction , what do you do ? |
| 22 | They 're woven as you see on thirty six inch wide hand-looms . |
| 23 | They 're ambitious and they strive for upward social mobility . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're tenacious and you get at the truth . |
| 25 | Now I 'm not able to do tutorials for you this term at the times that you 're available cos they clash with lectures that I do er for another course . |
| 26 | Lately this town there 's more layabouts in this town and some and anywhere in Lancashire you do n't , they 're not Lancashire people , oh they 're homeless and they live in , in boarding houses at the expense of er the tax payers |
| 27 | ‘ Jamie says you 're ruthless when it comes to getting what you want . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah , they 're clean but I wan na clear up spots on my back ! |
| 29 | The other day , they 're dirty , they had n't been washed they 're dirty when you look at them in daylight . |
| 30 | ‘ For some reason people think they 're invincible when they climb into a car . |