Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of national community is not helped by exhortations to cheer for England in Test Matches and the implication that those who do not are in some sense not good British citizens , and yet this sort of crude and simplistic interpretation of the obligations of citizenship was heard from some politicians in 1990 . |
| 2 | in the audience , be careful cos you 're going do n't be under any illusion when your region , your job , or your elected position is under threat , it 's human nature to protect your back and when this happens , it 's the members who end up being the casualties . |
| 3 | Do n't be like that Chris . |
| 4 | I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not been in this part of the forest . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 've always been into all kinds of guitarists , ’ Guy explains . |
| 7 | I 've now been in this game for about eighteen years and I suppose thirteen of them I did n't have two beans to rub together . |
| 8 | I 've never been into that scene . ’ |
| 9 | Bryan agrees : ‘ I 've never been into that sort of high speed guitar playing , and if I was it would have to be something very melodic . |
| 10 | In spite of himself Joe was impressed by the earnestness in Chris 's voice and said less forcefully , ‘ I know it 's easy for me to talk , I 've never been in this situation , but what 's going to happen ? |
| 11 | I 've never been in any factory in my life , working nights , I have been in many , but I 've never found my fellow men very sociable on the night shift . |
| 12 | Some people have already been down that road ! |
| 13 | Most of our advertisers have already been in some form of advertising before . |
| 14 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 15 | Taxes are higher than they have ever been in this country 's history , and the burden falls disproportionately heavily on lower-income families . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 17 | I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 18 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 19 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 20 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 21 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 22 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
| 23 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 24 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |
| 25 | We have n't been round this way for a while have we ? |
| 26 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't been in this church for years . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’ |
| 30 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |