Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the way Prince Charles had been reared and he wanted his boys to follow suit . |
| 2 | The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record . |
| 3 | You are blindfolded and you ask your audience to choose a day from each of the five weeks in the month on the calendar . |
| 4 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 5 | PS : Things are not too good at home — your Mother is well , but the house has been repossessed after I lost my job . |
| 6 | But we not regimented in this department we 're flexible that 's why these things are happening cos we turn our hands to whatever we believe is in the interests of the company . |
| 7 | On coach/air and coach touring holidays , all road tolls , ferry and port charges are included and on self-drive holidays , port charges are included when you book our special rate ferry tickets . |
| 8 | They are discharged when they reach their target weight . |
| 9 | Nothing explicit had been said but she knew her relationship with Urquhart had crossed a new frontier : he had become an enemy . |
| 10 | Widely regarded as a principal rival and potential successor to Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhaven , Chaovalit had given little indication of his likely response to the Cabinet invitation which had been made after he announced his intention to retire early from the Army command [ see also p. 37188 ] . |
| 11 | However , Gerry Collins , the Irish minister for foreign affairs , later made it clear that progress had been made and he reaffirmed his Government 's commitment to the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 12 | It has been argued that they derived their name from that of Kenchester , which is identified as the Magnis of both the Antonine Itinerary and the Ravenna list , suggesting some tradition of local continuity , but there remain serious problems with this suggested derivation . |
| 13 | ESTATE agent Suzy Lamplugh has not been seen since she left her office on July 28 , 1986 , to keep an appointment with the mysterious Mr Kipper at a house . |
| 14 | England tour manager Bob Bennett said : ‘ He has been selected because we feel his experience will be an advantage to the side in this particular game . ’ |
| 15 | You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately . |
| 16 | We 're proposing that you integrate your presently existing investments in hardware and software and move over over time . |
| 17 | I do not consider that it has been shown that she exercised her discretion inappropriately or wrongly . |
| 18 | Add the chance to accelerate and brake Britain 's most famous locomotive , Pacific ‘ A3 ’ No. 4472 Flying Scotsman , on almost a mile of running line , and you soon come to realise why the Birmingham Railway Museum 's fortunes have been transformed since they granted their unique ‘ School for Steam ’ the right of way . |
| 19 | Now you 'd better get out to where you are going before I change my mind and dash upstairs into Great-gran 's room and tell her where you 're going first , before you join your men pals . |
| 20 | ‘ The habits are blessed when they make their final vows , ’ I said . |
| 21 | Do n't clench your fists tensely , or get so enthusiastic about what you are saying that you wave your arms about and knock over the wine . |
| 22 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 23 | Other interested parties hvae been notified and I await their replies . |
| 24 | It brought a smile to his face because he recognised the lie though no word had been spoken and he trailed his lips across her burning cheek before catching her mouth lightly with his own . |
| 25 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 26 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 27 | Companies will be punished unless they give their employees financial incentives to commute by bus , car-pool , or by rapid-transit rail lines not yet built . |
| 28 | However , the Soviet Defence Ministry on March 29 offered an amnesty to other deserters , saying that they would not be punished if they rejoined their units immediately . |
| 29 | They should not be discharged immediately they reach their target weights , but should become accustomed to eating normal meals rather than the high-energy diet necessary for weight gain . |
| 30 | The news might well be outdated by the time it reached the curia , messengers and even legates might be seized , as Cardinal Leo was by King Imre of Hungary , and the curial instructions might well be outdated when they reached their target . |