Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [det] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And here there 's potentially big trouble , because the way he wants to do that is by taxing the Copts more . ’
2 So we want to do this is in a sixth of the time , right ?
3 Erm and certainly when it comes to local needs housing that is in that is explicitly to be an exception and and erm I I see no particular problem with that .
4 Historically , it originated in the recognition by the early scribes in the twelfth–fourteenth centuries that readers needed visual clues to tell the difference between words that otherwise would look identical ; and one of the ways they tried to show this was by the addition of the e .
5 the first thing I noticed about you when you walked in was you 'd got , you 'd got that 's on the top of my eyes by the way , not the bottom because of our
6 In Vietnam and China , where Guinness has had little or no previous presence , test markets and research have indicated good potential and plans to realise this are in hand .
7 Sail okay so we 've got sail that 's on a boat and this sale like your mum 's going to go to the sales and see if
8 The method used to achieve this is to pre-process the information into the system .
9 ‘ As for finding his heart — the only way I 'd want to do that is with an ice-pick . ’
10 Having decided this was to be my subject , I made a still frame on my TV and photographed my television set with a Hasselblad .
11 had a set at school , and I might have thought that was amongst my set ,
12 Yes , I would have thought this was worth a hundred only . ’
13 A good way of starting to do this is to either join an already-existent writing class ( you can find one by looking on the noticeboard in your local library , telephoning the local Further , Adult or Higher Education Centre or contacting the nearest Workers ' Educational Association ) or , if there is n't one of these in your area , by forming your own writing group .
14 Yeah , but I thought Take That was for twelve year olds .
15 Keep thinking that 's on that cushion .
16 Those of us near enough to have observed this were by now climbing onto chairs and beds and squealing , ‘ It 's a mouse ! ’ , but Rosie continued her progression into bed , pulled the clothes up to her nose and regarded us all with mild astonishment .
17 The Scottish Development Department ( 1980 ) also suggest that all allocation schemes should be sensitive to transfer requests , especially where these will release housing that is in considerable demand by other groups .
18 he did say that was after the pantomime .
19 And I mean to say that 's in all honestly , that 's what 'll happen , they 'll pay less I should imagine .
20 Finally the workers who had suffered most were in the public sector , where incomes policy had held wage growth well below that of elsewhere .
21 The Foreign Office had said this was in accordance with Abu Dhabi law .
22 some do but She said the idea I mean she said about I was asked a question about an American we 've got that is with us but he does n't preach very often , and I said well where is he ?
23 Now , neither Souness nor the Liverpool fans have any idea how the team is going to perform on any given day and trying to predict that is like trying to find eight draws .
24 You have to remember that was on old coal mining area .
25 Now that means that bands are being arm-wrestled into sounding like Nirvana ; and the only record companies can imagine doing that is by hiring Nirvana 's producer , so every band on a major label has been remixed by Nirvana 's producer this year … and I just do n't have any interest in being part of the continuum . ’
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