Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose you also turned down the chance to be his girlfriend ? ’ |
| 2 | The Frenchman 's blade rang like a bell on Sharpe 's sword , then scraped down the steel to be stopped by the heavy disc hilt . |
| 3 | She tried to smile a real smile at her father , who had run down the town to be here for the big moment . |
| 4 | It was claimed that Goebbels had raised up the Führer to be the ‘ German god ’ . |
| 5 | ( i ) Pick up the animal to be killed by the base of its tail as described in Section 3.1 . |
| 6 | ‘ Right then , I 've called out enough instructions , now I 'll point to one of you and you must make up the instruction to be obeyed in just the same way as I have been doing . |
| 7 | As stated earlier these strategies are defined as ‘ activating forces within the system to alter the system ’ , and they involve either improving the problem-solving capabilities of the system , or releasing and fostering growth in the persons who make up the system to be changed . |
| 8 | For a child who was reliant upon charity it was difficult to escape the determining rules which governed the public understanding of ‘ training up the child to be the man ( for woman ) ’ . |
| 9 | Other skills involved were the planning of time , the allocation of tasks , drawing up a questionnaire to be used to cover local facilities , telephoning and interviewing local licensees and decision-making in relation to the selection , organization and editing of information gathered . |
| 10 | But women tend to work by manipulating the threads , setting up a pattern to be woven , which may not be fully revealed until much later . |
| 11 | Then , on April 9 , he commended a group , none of whose names was included in the Press release , called who suggested that the industry should set up a body to be more pro-active and dynamic in the promotion of food products . |
| 12 | It 's cheered me up no end to be reminded that I do have work and a brain and something to do when I 'm allowed up again . ’ |
| 13 | A request has been made to read out the module to be updated but this has been unsuccessful . |
| 14 | He smacked his lips , winked at the girl and held out the goblet to be refilled . |
| 15 | This is supported by General Condition 2 of the Engineering and Computer Policies which sets out the action to be taken by the Policyholder on the happening of any event which may give rise to a claim . |
| 16 | It also sets out the term to be granted and the rents payable . |
| 17 | They did not have time to destroy the ship 's logbook and this , combined with the testimony of the survivors , was evidence enough for Eck and those of the crew who had carried out the shooting to be arrested and tried by court-martial . |
| 18 | By now Colonel de Barescut , his Chief-of-Staff , had arrived , and with a thick charcoal Pétain traced out the front to be held by his command . |
| 19 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 20 | Cut around the tile to be removed to separate it from its neighbours |
| 21 | It allows the physical pieces of paper passed around an office to be replaced by electronic images — you can think of them as electronic photographs of the paper pages . |