Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't want to pop in else your father would be saying that we 're after selling you a new hat again , knowing your weakness for hats . ’ |
| 2 | With news of yet another triumphant performance in the Davis Cup by Andre Agassi , it is worth asking what the American Tennis Authorities are thinking of in their choice of players for the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 3 | It is worth giving it a detailed treatment . |
| 4 | Following it for a while is like giving myself a good spring clean . ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps the greatest contribution that fictional novels can make to human rights and changing attitudes is in giving us a timely reminder that all the statistics we 're constantly bombarded with actually constitute human lives , just as valuable as our own . |
| 6 | Severn Trent which held the record for disconnections last year , the chief executive , Roderick sold one hundred and thirty seven thousand shares at four hundred and eighty eight P under a share options scheme , and that was after buying them the same day , for two hundred and sixty two P . |
| 7 | It was like giving myself a little treat , like say buying a bottle of wine . |