Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susan 's chosen metaphor of bringing fabula and sujet together is a characteristically biological one : ‘ how could either come before the other , except as one twin happens to get delivered earlier ? |
| 2 | Erm , well as you probably know Bolton , Boltonian , may be regarded as rather parochial but erm we 've always been a little suspicious about Manchester and there probably are n't very many Boltonians you take the Manchester Evening News regularly because we have our own Bolton Evening News . |
| 3 | We 've always been a rather loosely-knit family , and I 've never seen him . ’ |
| 4 | There , in the fact that , that same evening , when I can promise you that I 've always been a most truthful man , I , to my own amazement , discovered that I was mouthing lies . ’ |
| 5 | But in many ways you 've always been a very old-fashioned girl . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps we 've both been a little affected by the way things have gone . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've never been a particularly satisfactory child , but your behaviour right now is a disgrace ! |
| 8 | As your host I have perhaps been a little too brusque . |
| 9 | I have always been a little suspicious of dealers . |
| 10 | I have always been a little concerned that one day direct entry will cease entirely . |
| 11 | And that is also why , speaking for myself , I have always been a little suspicious of what is described as ‘ purposive ’ construction , at least in cases where the purpose is not self-evident , although authority has compelled me on more than one occasion to apply it . |
| 12 | ‘ We have always been a very tired family , ’ Finch said loftily to Henry , both aged twenty-eight , Finch lying back in a large bed with his cello on his ex-girl friend 's pillow and Henry standing up by the gas fire . |
| 13 | Actions for damages ( as opposed to injunctions ) have not so far figured largely in litigation against individuals caused by industrial action ; the limits to union liability set by the 1982 Act are low in relation to the loss that may be suffered and the very large fines imposed for contempt by disobedience to injunctions have probably been a more powerful sanction . |
| 14 | The Church of England is also responsible for some homes , but unmarried mothers have never been a very popular cause for charity funding , and therefore these often depend mainly on local funding . |