Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [Wh adv] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These violent rituals became a regular event and the police and I were soon on first-name terms , although most of the beatings took place at the week-ends when I was at my Pop 's house . |
| 2 | One of the reasons why I was in favour of televising the House and Committees was that I thought that it might be a good idea for the public to see Standing Committees , with Ministers doing their mail and others trying to hold up the business . |
| 3 | You see , I do n't like Christmas very much because it brings back all those painful memories of the years when I was on my own and there was n't much money — not much of anything at all . |
| 4 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 5 | You know the situations where you 're in a I do n't know a meeting in some presentation and somebody wants you to give a vote of thanks have you ever had that , I had that Birmingham University one time . |
| 6 | to fit the stores where nothing was for sale |
| 7 | They buried the bodies of those who had died on the boat , but had to leave the others where they were for grypesh could be seen prowling on the bank . |
| 8 | Teenaged boys paraded in groups of three or four , jostling each other , laughing and shouting ; groups of girls , on the whole less brash and aggressive , giggled and chattered , calling to the boys whenever they were in range . |
| 9 | I fantasise about him and get the shakes when he 's in the room . |
| 10 | Or talk to anyone who saw her on one of the nights when she was worth seeing , and ask them what it was like . |
| 11 | Most of my work I do in the evenings when he 's in bed , ’ Ashley explained . |