Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conventional wisdom suggests that agreed takeovers in the financial services sector are preferable since they tend to avoid mass defections of staff in the target company . |
| 2 | Thick , textured fabrics are unsuitable as they do not take the stiffening well and also produce too much bulk around the roller . |
| 3 | The result now , after over three months , is that the tanks are stable and I 've lost no more fish . |
| 4 | If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently . |
| 5 | For the traditional ‘ act ’ utilitarianism acts are right because they maximise ( or at least increase ) welfare , while for rule utilitarianism rules are morally binding because general adherence to them maximises , or would maximise , welfare , individual acts being right or wrong in virtue of their conformity to such rules . |
| 6 | We have to believe they are right because they have played such an important part in our identity and in defining the world for us . |
| 7 | Volkov had been asleep when she came home . |
| 8 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 9 | Thus the wing of a bat and the paddle of a porpoise are homologous because they show the same underlying pattern of bones typical of a mammalian forelimb . |
| 10 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 11 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 12 | If Vitor believed her to have been three months pregnant in Adelaide , then he believed she had already been pregnant when they had made love ! |
| 13 | Most women had tried to become pregnant for two or three years , and most ( 412 , 82% ) had never been pregnant when they entered the study . |
| 14 | Her triumph would have been short-lived if she had seen the smile slip from his face and a look of regret shape his expression ; his quiet eyes were drawn to the window , to the skyline beyond . |
| 15 | Nobody 's who 's died has ever been depressed after they 've taken |
| 16 | My neighbours are friendly but I do n't really know anybody intimately . |
| 17 | That 's not a way of fudging some other cost , the retained fire fighters are recompensed when we provide training for them , because they normally have to lose work or whatever . |
| 18 | Our defence has been solid and we played with a lot of spirit against Kilmarnock and Dunfermline . |
| 19 | Today I 'm glad to say it 's been dry and we 've even seen the sun . |
| 20 | The blood had stopped , had been dry when she woke up . |
| 21 | Applying Phipps he would have been guilty if he had drove to the agreed destination and then driven to his true destination . |
| 22 | Deep in my heart there was still hope that one day I would receive a letter saying , ‘ I am alive and I have not forgotten you . ’ |
| 23 | I have a theory that most people believe that they are shy and you hear the most extraordinarily extrovert people being interviewed on television and radio and confession they are really shy ! |
| 24 | This movement , as Rufus had no doubt intended , sent Mary toppling forward into Adam 's arms , her breasts lightly slapping into his chest in a way that would have been blissful if it had been allowed to continue but Mary , drunk as she was , had sprung aside , actually sprung to her feet , and rather late in the day hugged her arms across her chest . |
| 25 | But at high NO concentrations , ozone levels are low as it reacts with NO to form NO&sub2 ; . |
| 26 | Our links with the press are strong and we provide copy ready material and photographs under the banner of Media Action . |
| 27 | It 's sometimes limited if the winds are strong and we have only a few experienced sailors on holiday . |
| 28 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 29 | Could she have been right when she had thought , almost a week ago , that Roman was about to tell her he had asked Dana to marry him ? |
| 30 | He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter and Louise had been right when she said that he knew everybody . |