Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well sent off wi after I 'd been about beginning to be co you know , could e eat something , I had cups of tea , with a egg beat up that 's what I used to get when you got typhoid . |
| 2 | and it being full of , of animals , most of them nasty animals , that would frighten you , like snakes and squirrels , I do n't know why squirrels , and , and like I had a picture in my mind , I ca n't remember whether it was the swimming baths I 'd been to , or whatever , like you know how they , quite often they have little ramps , or maybe they do n't , but the ones I 'd been to had ramps , stairs going up to them or whatever , |
| 3 | She wanted me to be independent and strong , the ‘ successful ’ person I 'd been before having children , so that she could be free to do this . |
| 4 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 5 | I mean the only way measure it I suppose is by talking to them . |
| 6 | The players I think are worth considering from my time as a Leeds supporter are |
| 7 | Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table . |
| 8 | There 's an old Jewish phrase which I think is worth repeating . |
| 9 | Before we leave this discussion of basic theory and turn our attention finally to the modern world , there is one further point that I think is worth making and that is part of the answer to the second question asked above , namely , why do individuals go through the three stages in the conventional order ? |
| 10 | The weddings I had been to had been like that , quite different from the wedding parties in the villages along the Nile : a deafening noise of drums and flutes , bright hot colours and people saying words I could n't understand . |
| 11 | I felt pleased of course , but strangely enough I did n't feel as elated as perhaps I should have done : not as elated as I had been after setting my British record in Madrid . |
| 12 | In fact , I 've been considering buying one . ’ |
| 13 | Because I 've been to catering things |
| 14 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 15 | Whereas , none of the bands I 've been in have ever been showbizzy in that sense , and if we 're in a bad mood then we play really badly . |
| 16 | I don 's like to think of either of you digging in your heavy clay . |
| 17 | " I have been considering finding you a tutor in another European language , " her mother continued . |
| 18 | So I can not claim to be an expert , but I have been considering spending my own money on America this year . |
| 19 | Responding to calls by GATT 's Director-General Arthur Dunkel for greater flexibility , the EC Agriculture Commissioner Ray MacSharry said on Dec. 3 that " the only flexibility I have is in explaining in detail the impact which the [ 30 per cent ] reductions in internal supports will have on our export restitutions and market access " . |
| 20 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 21 | He is Mr Anka Singh who has been in coaching for many years , running the Golden Sunset minibus hire company . |
| 22 | The author , who has been in hiding for over four years , said : ‘ It is crucial to show Iran that we mean business . |
| 23 | For the present , then , the vital need is to do everything possible to secure a safe retirement of XH558 , where she will be cared for as well as she has been since becoming the VDF display aircraft . |
| 24 | She has been considering reintroducing her bill this session . |
| 25 | The guess as to the most plausible interpretation of the child 's utterance will guide the adult 's own actions which , in turn , provide the child with feedback regarding how successful she has been in making her needs and intentions explicit . |
| 26 | Sentence of death was passed on 8 convicts at the Old Bailey , 4 of whom were executed on 15 Feb. : ‘ One of those who suffered was for robbing a farmer 's boy of sixpence . ’ |
| 27 | She 'd been into biking since she went out with a Hell 's Angel called Rafe when she was sixteen . |
| 28 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been off screwing the rich-bitch . |
| 30 | And she forced herself to add , ‘ I 'll tell her what a good girl you 've been in cleanin' me place for me . ’ |