Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well she we to start with she went I think it might of been that cos we put Guy in it I think , that might have upset her . |
| 2 | One of the greatest things that I have become aware of is that if you have eight people to dinner , one or two of them will be vegetarians . |
| 3 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 4 | His consolation has to be that although she is , as an ideal , constantly changing , ‘ yet she dies only when the race of men is dead — then to be gathered to the number of the Gods . ’ |
| 5 | One of the explanations for the dolphin 's superb streamlining seems to be that while they are swimming their skin surface shifts in folds or ripples , caused not by muscular action but as a response to changes in pressure on different parts of the body . |
| 6 | Kripke therefore sees the conclusion of the argument to be that if we are to find a ground for our belief that there is an objectively correct method of continuing the series , we must look beyond the individual to the community of rule-followers . |
| 7 | The conclusion seems to be that if I recognize that I have once wrongly claimed to know that p , then I can not ever claim to know that p unless I can show a relevant difference between the two cases . |
| 8 | It used to be that if you wished something to look white on television you had to paint it yellow . |
| 9 | My personal view tended to be that if you approached Mains in a straightforward way and asked the straight question then you got the straight and honest answer . |
| 10 | His logic seems to be that if he does n't give you any money , he can be sure you 're staying with him because you love him , and not because of his earning power . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems to be that as they get older the prospect of cohabitation is less exciting for women . |
| 12 | The conclusion seems to be that where one wishes the UCTA not to apply , one should , where possible , by observing the relevant conflict of law rules , create a contract genuinely governed by a foreign proper law , so that there is no need for an express choice of law clause which can be attacked or negated under s 27(2) . |
| 13 | The conclusion would seem to be that where there seems no danger of damaging the unity of the Church and no danger of scandal or deviation from the faith , admission to communion may be used discriminately . |
| 14 | His reasoning seems to be that where there is smoke , there must be the old woman ( who carries their fire ) : therefore it must be safe for him to follow ( pp. 26 – 7 ) . |
| 15 | Hi , I have n't advertised myself but I 'm aware of friends who have and the biggest problem seems to be that when they respond to the ads and then they meet the gentleman in question who 's described themselves as six feet two who 's blonde and extremely handsome |
| 16 | As Representative Mo Udall has colourfully put it , ‘ It used to be that when you met a chairman in the hall you bowed low and said , hello Mr Chairman ; now when you meet a chairman in the hall he bows low . ’ |
| 17 | The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing . |
| 18 | Their attitude , however , seemed to be that because I was young I was utterly unaware of what was happening to me , emotionally unstable , childish , and being forced into womanhood by a terrible mistake I had made . |
| 19 | Is it deliberately supposed to be that because it 's December the second today ? |
| 20 | Not because she purposely wants to be but because she just do n't think she 'd to done it , do you ? |
| 21 | which we need to be and once we get into the rhythm I 'm sure it 'll all be a lot easier but you seem to have a calmness about your how you speak which is good and you know I 'm sure I 'll go to pieces but erm yeah it was just , and what I 've picked up on as you say where it 's er how did you come to Friends Provident bum de bum de bum , we 're going through erm a structured erm spiel if you like and then they 're saying well I do n't really wan na give you any you know , recommendations at this moment and erm what we should do there is , is I suppose apack that is n't it ? |
| 22 | He , or she , finds that the reality of the subject is not what he desired it to be and that he can not even prove its basic tenets . |
| 23 | The training of nurses to prescribe will be vital if the service is to be as widely available as we want it to be and if it is genuinely to benefit patients . |
| 24 | I then zealous to understand I I er , er , erm sought it Statutes , Volume thirty-three nineteen ninety three edition and studied most carefully pages six hundred and seventy-five to six hundred and seventy-seven and there I found an account of what has happened to Sections two and three and also for the first time light was shed upon Section two A. My Lords , I have from time to time ventured to express some doubt as to whether our legislative procedures were as excellent , as I 'm sure Your Lordships would wish them to be and when I recently suggested in the most mild terms to Her Majesty 's Government that they might consider some form of enquiry into our legislative procedures to see whether as they were as high class as they should be , erm I was given a very negative reply the clear influence of which was that the our legislative procedures could not possibly be improved and My Lords I do really think with respect that that is a proposition which is open to doubt . |
| 25 | to be and where I am ; |
| 26 | They may be worried about how to be gay , but far fewer of them are as desperate not to be and though they may be afraid of reaching out to the gay world , mostly they know it exists . |
| 27 | She had never learned to read , either , and on the very rare occasions she received a letter Christine was called in to read it to her , Miss Miggs being careful to explain that her eyes were n't as good as they used to be or that she could n't find her glasses . |
| 28 | I want it to be as though I had never been . |
| 29 | I want it to be as though I had never taken that turning . |
| 30 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |