Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | You should be able to forgive yourself once you realise that you are not expected to be perfect ; indeed , if you were , you would not need to be here at all — your spirit would be continuing its learning process somewhere else . |
| 3 | When mains drainage or a private drainage scheme is not available , drainage to each individual property will need to be either to a cesspool or a septic tank . |
| 4 | The ring or the spade-end would need to be out of all proportion to the size of the hook . |
| 5 | Mike organized it , for me to go over there and then I did n't need to be there at all , cos noth nobody turned up . |
| 6 | So goods once stolen cease to be so on restoration . |
| 7 | But there 's no evidence that a penny has been actually paid — or that Varsov International , whose headquarters appear to be somewhere in the Caribbean , even possesses £5 million . " |
| 8 | The county council appear to be somewhere in the middle , er at around forty one thousand er two hundred dwellings . |
| 9 | Not only did the one-second pulses appear to be closer to each other , but the humps and dips of each of those pulses — they too were closer to each other . |
| 10 | ‘ We are determined to return to profitability during 1993 and I am pleased to say that overall our plans to achieve this appear to be well on course , ’ he said . |
| 11 | At present , even when government sector budgets appear to be approximately in balance , government policies exert a powerful inflationary influence on the economy through their instructions to the banking system to cover various forms of expenditure by increasing the volume of credit . |
| 12 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 13 | Pre-adolescents appear to be more at risk than either younger or older children . |
| 14 | In consequence some human beings appear to be more like Jesus ( who is simply equated with God ) than are others , in that they share his maleness . |
| 15 | Objects directly in front of the subject appear to be off to one side . |
| 16 | For the record , Rutter and I now appear to be essentially in agreement on the lead-in-petrol hazard , and in accepting that the effects of lead on children 's intelligence is real . |
| 17 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 18 | Voting is expected to be massively in favour of independence . |
| 19 | Voting is expected to be massively in favour of independence . |
| 20 | Although modern appliances such as the electric Hoover were functional and popular , housemaids were still expected to be downstairs between five and six a.m. to sweep the rooms and fireplaces , and polish grates and furniture . |
| 21 | Although more tension may be applied to the lower posterior wall of the reservoir than to the anterior wall during construction , one would expect to show greater differences in scores for these sites in relatively recently constructed reservoirs compared with those that had been in situ for several years , and the pathological changes would also be expected to be more like those of mucosal ischaemia . |
| 22 | Even though the gap between clerical and lay religious intellectuals has closed , with clergy being left behind in some areas , the clerics remain the true cognoscenti in religious matters , and are expected to be so by the laity . |
| 23 | Those who have worked in resorts during the season are expected to be there in force . |
| 24 | Further water samples will be tested today when supplies are expected to be back to normal . |
| 25 | So dead bodies are hygienically whisked away by undertakers within a very short ti me of the person dying , funerals are conducted in twenty minutes at a busy crematorium with a bizarre queue of other funerals waiting in an approach way , and grieving people are expected to be back at their employment in as short a time as possible . |
| 26 | You may have problems with work — although many women are entitled to full maternity leave , they are actually expected to be back at work in eight to ten weeks , otherwise they 're regarded as lacking in commitment . |
| 27 | Personal details about the doctor are not Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 being released but he is undergoing treatment and is expected to be back at work soon . |
| 28 | But Robson is expected to be back for next Saturday 's visit to fourth-placed Chelsea . |
| 29 | The restored thirty-seater coach is expected to be back in public service for the bank holiday and will be made available for private party hire . |
| 30 | Ex : GWR diesel railcar No. 22 is also expected to be back in service following extensive body repairs . |