Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ The numbers of people who are using Heartwatch is a testament to the fact that the novelty has not worn off . |
| 3 | A pub that 's been painted pink is making villagers see red . |
| 4 | A pub that 's been painted pink is making villagers see red . |
| 5 | We like our horses to be friendly , and usually they are born friendly , but whether they are to remain friendly is determined very much by our handling of them . |
| 6 | And er you know there is this attitude that nature it has been said nature is untidy well nature by its very definition is untidy . |
| 7 | The effect of trading on the basis of information which has not been made public is to distort the market in the shares to which the information relates . |
| 8 | Part of the standard procedure for establishing that organisms in the gut are causing disease is to examine the patient 's stools for signs of that organism . |
| 9 | Among those who say they 're owed money is a local business . |
| 10 | We 're going vroom were n't we ? |
| 11 | You 're having selenium are you ? |
| 12 | ‘ You 're saying space is like a wobbly jelly ? ’ |
| 13 | Yeah they 've got books very similar and I think they 're pricing structure 's pretty similar as well . |
| 14 | He had erm you know whe when you go in a caravan and yo you you you 're towing weight are n't you ? |
| 15 | Well it 's an awkward time to ask people to go and fetch them when they 're if they 're preparing dinner is n't it ? |
| 16 | Swain , previously number two to Dario Gradi at Crewe , has been told money is available to strengthen the squad . |
| 17 | One of the shops that 's been selling Rave is the O-H-M clothing store in Gloucester . |
| 18 | ‘ With these rent levels , it is not unreasonable to suggest that companies in the South-East who are considering relocation are now thinking again , ’ said Mr Stringer . |
| 19 | er lets see er here are speaking Italian is boy speaking Italian is boys , speaking Italian is girl and speaking Italian is girls . |
| 20 | Er most of the houses that are provided rent are provided by local authorities , but there again you 've got a very serious change in situation when the government are looking to privatize council houses . |
| 21 | The sides of the road are giving way are n't they ? |
| 22 | Mr McIntyre is a Labour Party member and if the charges are proved expulsion is one option open to us . ’ |
| 23 | The broad sense in which I shall be using homophobia is loosely descriptive of a manifest phenomenon : the hatred , fear , and persecution of , the raging at , homosexuality and homosexuals . |
| 24 | The only way the trust can be given effect is by construing it as charged on the intestate heir in favour of some other person . |
| 25 | It is true that to search for a legal framework in which the ill-articulated wishes of a testator can be given effect is to regard the testator 's intention . |
| 26 | The most immediate way in which this right of access can be given meaning is through the opening up and maintenance of the Rights of Way network . |
| 27 | Coal can be moved spoil is there for ever . |
| 28 | But because of the short time since the Edinburgh summit , few of the projects to be offered money are new . |
| 29 | What can properly be called art is still , in majority , an inherent and inseparable element of some other purpose . |
| 30 | But Wilson , 51 , the Liberal Democrats ' election campaign director , may be wishing life was that simple . |