Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All they cared about was drink . |
| 2 | All he cared about was booze , but he still got the job done before he got soaked . |
| 3 | All she thinks about is clothes , shoes , hairstyles . |
| 4 | ‘ But these days — and heaven knows why ! — all she thinks about is Jeff ! ’ |
| 5 | Take Frau Grossman , all she thinks about is finery and food , whereas Dr Grossman has his spectacles always in a book . |
| 6 | Now it 's one of those unfortunate things that when people talk about maintaining standards , the only sort of , in an sense , external sort of guidance they 've got to go for are things like examination passes . |
| 7 | She learnt a look and a posture and a set of adjectives which passed for being hip in the Village . |
| 8 | No amount of money can compensate for being bedridden or a semi-invalid . |
| 9 | But this did not really hit orthodox Christianity , for prayers are always subject to the thing asked for being God 's will ; and He moves in a mysterious way , so that the workings of Providence may not be apparent until long afterwards . |
| 10 | So the first thing you 're always gon na think about is position . |
| 11 | Okay , so er what have we got there erm use supports use of support yeah material another thing you might think about is time . |
| 12 | But I ca n't do it — all I can think about is Marie 's face . |
| 13 | ‘ All I could think about was Donald . |
| 14 | And all I could think about was George , about how I had nothing at all left for George now . |
| 15 | one journalist , one famous Scottish journalist told me when I wo , when I , when I had ambitions to be a journalists , oh do n't go into journalism because you 're a women and all you 'll get to write about is fashion ! |
| 16 | All he cares about are women and booze . |
| 17 | On the face of it , the argument I think is this , the words , oh my God he 's come for are hearsay , sorry , are not hearsay , because although they 're an out of court statement they 're not introduced as the truth . |
| 18 | Details of what looks like being Ulster 's best Moto Cross of the year were released by the Lisburn club today and spokesman Jimmy Walker said : ‘ In view of the fact that the province does n't have a world title date this year , we are anxious to fill the gap . ’ |
| 19 | The half-back pairing looks like being Andy Hunter and Paul Campbell . |
| 20 | The biggest danger to New Level looks like being Tom Robinson 's Just Right Kyle , which races from trap two . |
| 21 | Dick describes his management style as open and supportive , with a readiness to communicate with is managers as much as possible . |
| 22 | One young soldier I trained with was Tony Rees , from Whitchurch , Bristol . |
| 23 | Thatcher really did have a sex change , and the one she changed with was Paddy Ashdown , who used to be a man . |
| 24 | Britain 's importance now lies in being part of one of the world 's great trading blocs , the European Community |
| 25 | Britain 's importance now lies in being part of one of the world 's great trading blocs , the European Community , not as the ever-dependable ally of the Reagan and Bush years . |
| 26 | Why did Manchester resign from being happening ? |
| 27 | He was joined by a young Londoner , Jonathan Goodchild , who rapidly moved from being Sharp 's assistant to art director in his own right , leaving Sharp a clear run as perhaps the underground 's most innovative illustrator . |
| 28 | By now denying that the arm's-length principle applies to national museums Lord Armstrong makes me wonder how he interpreted his new role when he moved from being Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet Secretary to being her choice as Chairman of the V & A. If he saw himself as dutifully executing government policy over the V & A 's restructuring it is understandable that he did not subsequently feel constrained to resign , nor to dismiss his director , when it had become clear to the museum 's staff that the essence of the restructuring separation of research from ‘ object-management ’ had been abandoned as unworkable . |
| 29 | Considerable prestige will increasingly be enjoyed from being part of those international businesses . |
| 30 | Well the only people that I actually need to write to are managers or agents and I mean I give them a print out of what I do every day |