Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sparked immediate criticism that the MMC regulations requiring Bass to free pubs from the tie or sell them had been by-passed . |
| 2 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 3 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
| 4 | Well no before that , I mean I 'd been told before all this Pete business yesterday night , I was told Elliot fancied me and that was true you know ? |
| 5 | I mean I 've been at meetings where they ( IMG ) have said ‘ We 'll hand you ( rugby ) a cheque for $2 million ( £800,000 ) for the year . |
| 6 | I 've been I mean I 've been trying to give our a bit of a hand whenever i can , in |
| 7 | I I mean I mean I 've been up since half past three this morning , |
| 8 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 9 | Well it does , I mean it 's it 's I mean I 've been there about just over three years , three and a half years . |
| 10 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
| 11 | Well , I , I , I mean I 've been to one , to a meeting , they had in Manchester a few years ago , Irene 's been to some . |
| 12 | I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know |
| 13 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
| 14 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
| 15 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
| 16 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 17 | with all those redundancies a couple of months ago , I thought that 'll be it , I mean I 've been there |
| 18 | You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ? |
| 19 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
| 20 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
| 21 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
| 22 | I mean I think been up |
| 23 | I mean I have been into this window frame business . |
| 24 | I mean I have been drunk , I have been stoned , I have passed out and I have been ill . |
| 25 | Well , I , I , mean I have been in before and I did say last time we were n't very happy , . |
| 26 | I trust I have been able to dilute any misgivings that my letter may have stirred . |
| 27 | The name of the doctor you want me to see is Pool . |
| 28 | Your very welcome Letters of the 20th of Aug. and 14th of Septr. reached us on the 23rd and 25th of Jan : they were a joyful relief to us all and were the most acceptable to me since for the first time you acknowledge I have been tried and not found wanting : believe me it will always be my highest gratification to merit the good opinions of every one but of none more than yourself : and the more confidence you repose in me the more strenuous will be my efforts to prove myself worthy of it . |
| 29 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
| 30 | I realise I have been crossing the street towards an open door . |