Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pers pn] be " in BNC.

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31 However , regarding the actions of coalition forces , " we want to believe it was not a crusade , it was not colonialism … subsequent actions will prove all this to us " .
32 Whichever of these two views is being proffered , pluralists are arguing that the creation of the military-industrial complex is a conscious decision by individuals who arc well aware of what they arc doing They are self-consciously striving to subvert the political system to enrich themselves or to strengthen their position in society .
33 Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system .
34 Some woman called the Bogey and they called her , they said to her , will this Mrs come up we want , we want to sing it 's her
35 But I 'm getting ahead of myself , when all I really want to teach you is the full history of such a product .
36 You see , the reason I want to marry you is a very simple one .
37 ‘ I want to think she was joking . ’
38 The features which appear to unite them are : the arm spines are short and usually appressed ; the arm spine articulation is usually simple , very rudimentary ; oral papillae forming a continuous series and usually either spine-like proximally becoming block-like or block-like throughout ; internally the peristomal plates are double and the genital plate articulates upon the radial shield by means of two condyles and one pit .
39 Erm I only want to say it is very important that we must do nothing to sort of prejudice the outcome of the consideration of the planning application environment cases sub committee , erm at a later erm stage .
40 Married in red you say wish you were dead our Annie says .
41 What I want to ask you is , in your last film , Young Toscanini , you played an opera singer — which opera singer did you base your character on ?
42 Calm down guys I want to ask you is is he better with it or without it ?
43 Well the first question I want to ask you is how do you feel you got on in those presentations .
44 Low , the last question I want to ask you is really a rather naive one .
45 We want to show we are responsible towards the hospital . ’
46 Britain and Hong Kong want to show they are determined to press on with this way of dealing with those not considered genuine refugees .
47 Erm , so er , an , and the other thing I really want to tell you is of course , this tape recording is a blind .
48 He admitted : ‘ Seve and I are different personalities but we do have one thing in common — we want to prove we are the best .
49 I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do .
50 Stop wasting It 's a matter of waste control .
51 Traders at the Three Counties Show say they 're losing customers because the ground is so muddy .
52 ‘ When you have been oppressed and let free you are like a bird out of a cage .
53 Stop pretending it is n't what you want , ’ he breathed as his lips touched hers .
54 It is not that you have to be ‘ good ’ , just stop believing you are ‘ bad ’ .
55 We hope hope it is because if you take three weeks to do that it dilutes
56 " Oh , for God 's sake , stop saying he 's a horrible person ! "
57 One is always in a state of learning — if you stop learning it 's hopeless , I feel .
58 Stop thinking you 're some great displaced intellectual all the time .
59 wait 'till you 're gon na have to do your own thing there when
60 oh stop squabbling it 's a nice , to nice a day to squabble
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