Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 2 | However deeply involved she might be in her own conversation she rarely missed anything that was said by those around her . |
| 3 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 4 | Once inside the Stone Hall of Judgement , once subjected to the decision of the Twelve Stone Judges who pronounce on all Mortal creatures , I believed I should be beyond all hope of escape . ’ |
| 5 | Leeds have now dropped to 40-1 outsiders to retain the title and manager Howard Wilkinson admitted morosely : ‘ At the start of the season I never imagined we would be in a situation like this going into Christmas . |
| 6 | The point I 'm trying to get at sir is that erm it is none of it is in none of our interests , either the planning authorities or even of the developers , that if we were to erm find a strategic sites policy appropriate for this alteration , it 's in none of our interests that it should be confusing to the public or to the development industry as to how rare a thing this should be and how tightly directed it should be in geographical terms . |
| 7 | When Andy invited me to the launch of the The Gadget Shop I naively assumed it would be in the shop itself , in Covent Garden . |
| 8 | So Janet , your question , which is not as I in , intimated it might be at all , so you , you can be well annoyed , erm , if you 're setting up a , a joint life policy with waiver premium on both people , and the wife is fifty one , and the husband is forty , how much will be deducted from their units according to waiver of premiums ? |
| 9 | From this a spiral staircase led upwards to a similar-sized room with windows on all sides , and Sabine realised she must be in the tower she 'd noticed on the way in . |
| 10 | I guessed we might be in the latter years of her reign — Shakespeare would still be alive ! |
| 11 | But he reckoned we would be on course for a start in April for the er certificate er which would be twelve half day day release courses |
| 12 | The infant , which was incidentally precisely what we predicted he would be in physical makeup , sex , coloring , and so on , was born here seven days ago . |
| 13 | A very early and most interesting use of this technique was that of Jahoda who asked young people at school to write an essay about their first day at work and what they envisaged it would be like . |
| 14 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 15 | After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day . |
| 16 | Well in Britain we decided we 'd be on the safe side , we 'll reduce that to a thousand we put another factor of ten in and what 's more i if one sheep in , in a whole flock is more than a thousand units , er then we will condemn the whole flock . |
| 17 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 18 | Mr O'Connor 's management decided it would be in the best interest of all concerned for the event to be postponed giving the theatre management seven days ' notice , enabling ticket holders to be contacted . |
| 19 | Because if if it broke it 'd be like all my fault . |
| 20 | I knew I must be of officially dead . |
| 21 | " I always knew I 'd be in a book one day , " she said , reaching once more for Debonair , " and now , John , that dream has been realized . " |
| 22 | There is no way I had anything going with poor Billy and no way he knew I 'd be in that house . ’ |
| 23 | I knew I 'd be in trouble ! |
| 24 | I 'm tired this morning , but not as tired as I thought I would be considering two nights out . |
| 25 | I always thought I would be in a box when I finally left here . ’ |
| 26 | I always thought I would be in a box when I finally left here . ’ |
| 27 | There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly . |
| 28 | I mean I know that now because I never thought I 'd be on the scrap heap , but sometimes I really do feel as if I am |
| 29 | Driven to such a pitch , by now she would have welcomed mere affection — if it meant she could be by his side some time . |
| 30 | I felt she would be at home in an arena with starving lions . |