Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what made me laugh was this police woman saying , it annoys me , if you have a drink you should n't drive , and I thought to myself and I bet |
| 2 | At Usher she had been top dog . |
| 3 | Touche Ross , the receivers for Scarborough 's troubled Royal Hotel , say there has been keen interest from potential buyers and negotiations should start soon . |
| 4 | ‘ Now they say there has been secret dumping of waste from the submarines and nuclear icebreakers . |
| 5 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 6 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 7 | Not that you 'd know they 'd been most days . |
| 8 | They say they have been innocent victims in a crime for which the law says they must also be punished . |
| 9 | He says there 's been proper consultation with the local communities and the local authorities including the parish councils . |
| 10 | In the half century since the " Big Book " was written there has been continuing effort to reduce the number of people who fail to find recovery through the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 11 | But by looking at this document here , it would appear there 's been more violence committed there against lawful pickets and yet that does n't make the national press . |
| 12 | They have also cast doubt on his client 's character by implying there 's been some sort of fraud . |
| 13 | John Major and Albert Reynolds have said there has been some progress in talks on the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | ‘ The Doctor says it 's been three years for you , ’ the Professor said . |
| 16 | Truly ungrammatical sentences are regarded as not resulting from any regular grammatical process ( e.g. ‘ I 've seen it happen is two girls fight . ’ ) . |
| 17 | I do n't think she 's been five times to my house in all the time I 've lived there , now in the early days er she said that when it , hang on , she said she 'd never come down cos she did n't like er |
| 18 | Mr Maclean insisted that it was nonsense to suggest there had been any contamination of the food chain or to make comparisons to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . |
| 19 | Eight ( 32 per cent ) stated there had been closer consultation with young people in care , five ( 20 per cent ) with foster-parents , four with residential workers , four with natural parents , and three with unspecified others . |
| 20 | Tekere alleged that four of his supporters had been killed in Harare , and that others had been harassed ; he also claimed there had been administrative irregularities in the polling . |
| 21 | Erm , I 'm sorry to come back to the central overheads er again , but erm it , considering that the other income largely related to ninety one , I 'm a little unclear why the central costs went down , I ca n't believe there 's been any salary cuts at |
| 22 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances . |
| 24 | Erm the only reason this is an issue that I get a cooking for as Research Process Manager anyway , as Audit Manager I need to have other booking forms , and the only booking forms and additional booking forms I need are all jobs which then got to Mrs which are the so I ask please make amendment to put Audit Manager in and I do n't think we need to specify . |
| 25 | This twin of yours is pure fiction , but I do think you know who Garry 's new love is . |
| 26 | I think erm er I know there has been some discussion of I I about er and I put er , in this report I think all the documentation that the ministers and ministers that had already seen it and I 've explained that the big issue is that er the URC , I think a weekly account o ah of all other informations has er , worked out very on the basis of five thousand and I was been tugging you pay your car off to get that and . |
| 27 | " Look , " said Hazel , " I know there 's been some trouble , but the best thing will be to try to forget it . |
| 28 | ‘ I hear there 's been another woman killed not far from where Angy lived . |
| 29 | Gin er was that er Alderman , the old gentleman , the older alderman , you know he 's been dead years now from , and erm they were very good . |
| 30 | Well er , I do n't really think there 's been enough improvement to backlash against and er |