Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was just me arm and me hand and me face that were were burnt and and at that the time I mean I was n't in any pain and I think there was more serious ones to be dealt with . |
| 2 | From what I learned at the meeting I ca n't see why he thinks I 'm up to such a task , but maybe la bête a ses raisons que la belle ne connaît pas . |
| 3 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 4 | Andrew Hall 's back in the limelight now that the BBC is showing re-runs of Butterflies — but where has he been hiding and what has he been up to all this time ? |
| 5 | ‘ Has he been up to this all night ? ’ |
| 6 | But you will no doubt also understand what I mean when I say it is not at all easy to define just what this quality is . |
| 7 | ‘ And I say he 's not on any drugs . |
| 8 | He would n't necessarily know what was actually in all the crates . |
| 9 | But Minnie I ought to have suspected there was more to this kindness than appeared and so there is . |
| 10 | The commandos rehearsed their demolition exercises to the point of boredom , believing they were merely on another training course . |
| 11 | ‘ Since then , our players have said they are not at all worried . ’ |
| 12 | Hope they 're not like that bloke at Audrey 's |
| 13 | My master , Dr Grossman , says it is n't at all a dirty book if you read all of it . |
| 14 | Overall , the European market for Unix systems rose by 11% in value last year , compared to 15% in 1991 , says IDC , which says it is now worth some some $7,600m . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't realize there was anywhere like that . ’ |
| 16 | God you 'd 've laughed they were on about that as well at same time and he says to Steve what do you reckon to idea , he says it does n't sound bad , he says what do you reckon to idea as I says no . |
| 17 | As I suspect it 's not for many of the people here . |
| 18 | In what follows I shall describe one type of such interconnection , though I confess I am not by any means sure that it is the one responsible for the rapid modification process . |
| 19 | Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking . |
| 20 | ‘ At least you know she 's not in any danger , do n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | But they know you 're not like that do n't they , round and about ? |
| 22 | Well , this , you know we 're on about this money |
| 23 | So there is there is a wider acceptance on the one hand , of erm , sort of freedom , erm , and I know we 're back to this idea of sexual freedom , but there is the violence within our society , and and the the the question probably is , are those two connected , as we give greater freedom on the one hand , do we get a higher incidence of violence on the other hand . |
| 24 | All too often , students engage in study that only results in shallow or superficial learning of the first type — for example , the rote learning of names , dates , superficial factual data and characteristics that you hold in your short-term memory just long enough to pass an examination and that are then rapidly forgotten , because they have not been internalized — perhaps because our psyches know they are not of much use in the long run . |
| 25 | When the wolf whistles came though , I decided I was n't after all . |
| 26 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 27 | It is easy to slide tiles around and find they are back in some position they were in before . |
| 28 | At the symposium , ‘ Are You Prepared for IT ? ’ , hosted by Zenith Data Systems , Gates spoke out on object programming , saying he thought the concept was just another hype that extends far beyond the reality available today — having said that , he said to look out for Microsoft 's Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 ‘ during 1993 ’ , saying he was all for any technology that will enable the economical re-use of parts of programs . |
| 29 | Yeah , it was , and th erm but it 's just saying it 's not like that . |
| 30 | She was sure it would get Edouard and his wife into trouble , and she kept saying it was only for another day or two . ’ |