Example sentences of "of [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pair of them had probably not been having an affair for long — only perhaps after Kemp 's long infatuation with the semi-permanently sozzled Sheila had begun to wear off . |
| 2 | At the time Gamal had written a number of plays but none of them had yet actually been produced . |
| 3 | There were , in fact , many Irish Americans in United Motors at high management levels , all of whom had a nostalgic affection for the ‘ auld counthrie ’ , and indeed for anything Irish ; but that was because most of them had never actually been there . |
| 4 | EC member states had committed bilateral assistance totalling ECU1,000 million to these three countries , one-third of which had reportedly already been paid out . |
| 5 | He said that the official in charge of antiquities at the Nasiriya Museum had received from the Americans a ‘ very small number ’ of terracotta objects dating back to the dawn of mankind and the Babylonian period , some of which had only recently been broken . |
| 6 | ‘ All of you seated here tonight are engaged in a great crusade , ’ the voice began . |