Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he applied for was funding for research on ‘ The influence of geometry on social behaviour ’ . |
| 2 | In the winter of 1518 all I cared about was surviving and life was hard in Paris . |
| 3 | Soon the dandelions came , all they cared about was blooming , getting their white clocks and blowing their babies far away . |
| 4 | The answer was a kick on the eyebrow which I almost mistook for being shot . |
| 5 | ‘ I was asking what you 'd do if you discovered someone you cared for was doing wrong . |
| 6 | But many of the symptoms asked about were reported for similar proportions of those who had been in residential homes and those who had not ; these were pain , trouble with breathing , vomiting or feeling sick , drowsiness , sleeplessness , dry mouth or thirst , depression , loss of appetite , difficulty swallowing , dizziness , bed sores , an unpleasant smell , and backache . |
| 7 | Miss Bayliss , who has a six-year-old daughter , initially refused to be searched but agreed after being told she would not be able to see her brother Michael , a heroin addict . |
| 8 | Dornier , the German company which built ROSAT , is trying to cover how it failed after being hit by high-energy particles from a solar flare . |
| 9 | The prom at Southsea , Hants , was closed as 60mph winds threw up rocks and boats sank after being ripped from moorings . |
| 10 | Other notable features were ( i ) the participation of athletes from the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and Georgia as a " Unified Team " , a transitional arrangement ; ( ii ) the participation of South Africa , readmitted after being banned since 1960 because of its apartheid policy ; and ( iii ) rigorous testing for drug abuse , which led to the disqualification of five athletes who had tested positive at the games for banned substances ( one each from Lithuania , China and the Unified Team and two from the United States ) , exactly half the number disqualified at the Seoul games in 1988 . |
| 11 | The Liberal Democrats ' defence spokesman , Menzies Campbell , said later that the president 's proposals were a gimmick and ‘ smacked of being seen to do something without serious understanding of its effectiveness ’ . |
| 12 | Note : The specification of loose coupling relations will not stop the module referenced from being changed or set to hard copy only . |
| 13 | Between 1982 and 1986 it changed from being described as an uncommon parasite to the most common parasite identified and over 11000 cases were reported between 1985 and 1988 . |
| 14 | It then moved to being paid so much per week , for an trainee , and we now have a mixture of such much a week , and so much for the output related fundings , the jobs , the N V Q's , the F E courses which I mentioned earlier . |
| 15 | In the end , I promised to be confirmed when all became clear . |
| 16 | She pretended to be mulling it over . |
| 17 | I behaved with the arrogance of a lady , and when one of them got a little — fresh ? — I pretended to be insulted and amazed that he could compromise his uniform and position that way . |
| 18 | Then he flew up beside Cassowary and pretended to be listening to the song . |
| 19 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 20 | I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up . |
| 21 | ‘ Make out we have n't seen him , ’ Otley said as he pretended to be searching for something in the grass . |
| 22 | Instead he went over to one of the shelves and pretended to be searching for a book . |
| 23 | ‘ See ya later alligator , ’ he waved his hand and pretended to be chewing something . |
| 24 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 25 | James studied the title page and for twenty seconds pretended to be fascinated by the contents of page one . |
| 26 | This was enough to make many come , and among them they brought before me many women who pretended to be possessed ( as is their habit when they want to leave their houses to meet with their lovers ) and it was hoped that I could deal with them . |
| 27 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
| 28 | He , man-like , pretended to be engrossed with his tea cup . |
| 29 | He pretended to be engrossed in making notes until the actors had left the room . |
| 30 | She pretended to be engrossed in exploring the room , and managed to keep a foot or so away from him as he followed , making her uncomfortably aware of the wall of his body close behind her while she ran her hands over the antique furniture with an assumed interest . |