Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing snooker you have to be good at your shots and pot the ball — |
| 2 | He smiled again , but Theda could not respond to an overture she felt to be false . |
| 3 | In the future we need to be quicker than the competition and totally focused on customer satisfaction and production requirements . |
| 4 | To gain attention and recognition we need to be able to attend to and recognise others . |
| 5 | As with how , the temporal relation between the reasons and the action they call for is one of " before " to " after " . |
| 6 | As a general rule they appeared to be slowish , considering most of them were large animals , but there seems to be a considerable variation between species of greatly differing body sizes . |
| 7 | ‘ To feel the force he runs with is amazing , ’ says the Kansas tackle Irv Eatman . |
| 8 | The Russian leader took a tough line with a President he felt to be inexperienced . |
| 9 | independence I like to be independent |
| 10 | Jeremy : A sportsman you have to be good at things , a football player you have to be good at passing and good at things . |
| 11 | ‘ My friend , no wonder you wanted to be alone this afternoon . |
| 12 | Religion can not be divorced from morality in his view for it is belief in an ordered moral government of the universe and when we lose our basis in morality we cease to be religious . |
| 13 | Within the public sector we need to be aware of formal relations existing at different levels and we need to show how these organisations relate to each other . |
| 14 | For other people at work they seemed to be such joyous occasions . |
| 15 | Assume that individuals migrate between districts until the benefit they drive from being resident in one locality is equal to the benefit they derive from being in another . |
| 16 | Mrs Pember Reeves found that housewives in Lambeth were reluctant to move away and forego the help they knew to be available in times of need , for neighbourliness implied reciprocity . |
| 17 | At common law it appears to be doubtful whether an agreement for a " knockout " , ie a contract between interested bidders to refrain from bidding against each other , was illegal . |
| 18 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |
| 19 | When a twelfth-century knight rode into a tournament or into battle he hoped to be worthy either of his lineage or of his lady ; earlier he had thought only of his ancestors . |
| 20 | There 's also a close correlation by not just the erm the size of the number for G , but how long can it go on pulling that G given the thrust and the aerodynamic capabilities of the machine and we are essentially building this aircraft so that it can sustain nine G and we are providing the pilot with the sort of equipment he requires to be able to survive in that kind of environment . |
| 21 | Through assiduous exercise he came to be strong enough to ride and march with his troops . |
| 22 | In this surmise he proved to be correct , so Lucy hurried to her room , where she changed her clothes and attended to her make-up . |
| 23 | With this trick you have to be sure you have chosen the right person and moment ! |
| 24 | Yet if you have dry hair you have to be careful to choose a shampoo that will effectively rid you of these nasties without stripping your hair of its natural oils . |
| 25 | If you are unlucky enough to find yourself living with someone who seems to you to be an ‘ impossible ’ mother-in-law , it does no harm first to take a good look at yourself and your handling of her , just in case you happen to be one of the original ‘ impossible ’ daughters-in-law ! |
| 26 | I think that some people may not realise fully too is that in order to make a decision you have to be full informed , and teachers are very busy people and a teacher really is spending nearly every moment of his day either teaching or preparing to teach , and it 's impossible , therefore , to establish in a school or a community college the faculty committee structure that one might have in a university , where people do probably spend some time informing themselves before debate . |
| 27 | The only place I seemed to be able to reach you was in bed . |
| 28 | In my job I have to be stern . |
| 29 | Right , and er , the third point I want to is that , you , what you 're actually getting consist of two elements . |
| 30 | Just for a moment she began to be sorry for Ace Barton . |