Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I was going to 've been Suzanne Brown , years ago , before he stole my bag . |
| 2 | The only missiles they 're using are stones . |
| 3 | Almost all the insects examined are generalists , particularly small bees that visit a wide range of the trees with rather small ‘ unspecialized ’ flowers . |
| 4 | Countries examined are Hong Kong , Indonesia , Japan , Korea , Malaysia and the Philippines . |
| 5 | Also received are benefit brochures from DAVID HUGHES and IAN GREIG , two of this season 's most deserving beneficiaries . |
| 6 | Thus , although the monies received are capital in nature they are deemed to be income for the purposes of giving the taxpayer deductions and reliefs and they are charged under Case VI of Schedule D. Thus , for instance , the remittance basis would not be applicable although there is no reason why general principles should not be applicable so that income arising overseas and received by a non-resident would not be chargeable under general principles whilst income arising in the United Kingdom could be chargeable under general principles regardless of who it is paid to . |
| 7 | He might find the ladies behind the counter ‘ large and ugly ’ ( his words ) , but most chippies I 've frequented are family owned and the service comes with a smile , even if the figure is rather rotund . |
| 8 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 9 | A sliver of white that must 've been teeth . |
| 10 | Er , I think really it must 've been thrift . |
| 11 | And I 've , I 've done that and it , there 's not one thing you can point to and say there 's no one in here because it 's several things , altogether , that indicate it , it might have been there 's no car on the drive , there might 've been , there might 've been milk still out . |
| 12 | It should 've been Concorde . |
| 13 | so it might 've been Rob that went out with her , but I du n no . |
| 14 | The tourist might 've been cake . |
| 15 | It would 've been cosine . |
| 16 | if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . |
| 17 | ‘ It must 've been Helga . |
| 18 | It would n't have mattered who , it could 've been family , friends , neighbourhood , anybody . |
| 19 | Other points that the intervention must stress are consistency and determination . |
| 20 | Also exposed are 2Mb of RAM attached to the motherboard , three SIMM expansion slots which you can expand to a maximum of 14Mb , and a 40Mb Seagate hard drive . |
| 21 | So I suspect that you wo n't be talking to these kinds of men , or do you get a chance to talk to the men that you perceive are part of the problem . |
| 22 | No doubt it would have been so to Descartes , Malebranche , and Locke : they might have agreed with Berkeley that what we perceive are ideas . |
| 23 | he 'll eat raw carrot and things like that but otherwise the only vegetables he 'll eat are potatoes he eats |
| 24 | Among the alternative energies to be developed are wind power generators and steam-turbine plants fired by wood chips , the waste product of the country 's vast timber industry . |
| 25 | Places where specific industrial processes were developed are tourist attractions , as at Coalbrookdale . |
| 26 | ‘ The teams I really fear are Arsenal and Leeds , ’ said the United manager . |
| 27 | The words , thoughts and concepts uttered are part of the decor . |
| 28 | That , in my own mind , though they can not be opened for the day to the public to see are gardens by comparison with which the most beautiful garden of this island is tawdry and unkempt . |
| 29 | The three main outlets for reselling are auctions , specialist shops , private individuals or dealers . |
| 30 | Other places where the importance of double diffusive effects has been particularly recognized are materials science ( e.g. crystal growth , Section 26.11 ) and geology ( e.g. the relationship of such effects in magma chambers to observed layering of igneous rocks ) . |