Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [conj] the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conventionally , the 35mm film would run across the back of the camera , being exposed to light as the shutter is opened . |
| 2 | Fantastic literature ‘ does not introduce novelty , so much as uncover all that needs to remain hidden if the world is to be comfortably ‘ known' ’ … |
| 3 | A police spokesman said yesterday : ‘ Nobody checked to see that the cord was hooked up to the crane . |
| 4 | It had stopped raining but the wood was sopping . |
| 5 | It had stopped raining but the night was dark and damp . |
| 6 | Er a a and with a family row in in it as well you can imagine the work involved was a bit more than initially might have been expected and I got criticized because the bill was bigger than I had first estimated cos I did n't expect there 'd be trouble from the father . |
| 7 | A dissatisfied party may want to establish that the reference was made to an expert so that he can then sue the individual , or that the reference was made to an arbitrator so that he can appeal against the award : or again there may be differences in rights of enforcement prompting the claim that an arbitration was a reference to an expert , or vice versa . |
| 8 | But Eleanor Young , chairman of Darlington Community Health Council , said : ‘ We would only want to know if the hospital was going to have any effect on NHS provision . |
| 9 | FANS of Fatal Attraction will be fascinated to know that the director 's cut containing a totally different ending is now available ( CIC , £12.99 ) . |
| 10 | I think , yeah , well he rang me , so erm , I think she was expecting , I think they , when they left the house this morning , he was thinking , he 'd be able to get home in time for it , and erm , then he got to work and the day was n't , had n't worked out the way he expected . |
| 11 | A Schools Council report ( 1970 ) has emphasized that the problem is not that this sort of pupil leaves school at the earliest opportunity but that as far as school learning goes they ‘ leave ’ at the age of about 12 . |
| 12 | You will simply need to wait until the thing is sufficiently settled that you can get the total package set out here , and |
| 13 | Dealers do not need the same protection since they know the importance of checking to see whether the seller is the owner of the car . |
| 14 | Searches of houses and other premises in the Ardoyne area are expected to continue until the rifle is located . |
| 15 | Nogai tried to pretend that the threat was of no consequence , but he did not interrupt again . |
| 16 | SMCC is expected to claim that the unit is a ‘ hot box , ’ taking the number one position in benchmarks such as MIPS , Database TPC-A , Specint92 ( figure a maximum 9000+ ) , Specfp92 , AIM III and Laddis . |
| 17 | Sun is expected to claim that the unit is a ‘ hot box , ’ taking the number one position in benchmarks such as MIPS , Database TPC-A , Specint92 ( could go to 9,000+ ) , Specfp92 , AIM III and Laddis . |
| 18 | He has heard that the King is ill and he has sent for me , from the distant land beyond Kelfazin , to find the cause of his sickness . |
| 19 | I say borrow but the cash was never refunded and I expect Dad thought it was a cheap way to get rid of him . |
| 20 | Walking the river in the close season , when the bankside and aquatic vegetation has blossomed and the water is running clear and low , is the best time for actually spotting the chub as they go about their daily business . |
| 21 | One of the most important changes I expect to see after the revolution is in the situation of children . |
| 22 | The lateral membrane/intercellular space staining , however , has vanished after the instillation is terminated . |
| 23 | If this is passed the government falls : however , despite the fact that such motions are debated every few months , only one has succeeded since the constitution was drawn up in 1958 . |
| 24 | Dave needs to establish whether the track is a Public Right of Way . |
| 25 | A report published by the University of Bucharest has claimed that the country is " saturated " with pollution , as a result of inadequate or unenforced controls during the Ceausescu years . |
| 26 | Of course , ‘ capitalism ’ is not identified as such , just as Barthes ( 1972 ) has claimed that the bourgeoisie is ‘ the social class which does not want to be named ’ , and just as the YCs themselves preferred the label of ‘ ordinary ’ to a class identification . |
| 27 | Thirdly , as regards the Science Policy Research Unit 's proposal to assess engineering research , no member of the unit has claimed that the project was turned down by the Social Science Research Council because of ‘ lobbying by outsiders ’ . |
| 28 | There are a number of forensic tests to be carried out but I expect to find that the razor was the weapon . ’ |
| 29 | This does not need replenishing unless the surface is very hard ( quartzite or chert ) . |
| 30 | I E do we need to know that the trend is changing or do we need to know the particular slots where we get non performance . |