Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They would do best to concentrate on technical software , rather than applications where you have to be in close touch with your customers , ’ he said . |
| 2 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 3 | The book gives you a clear insight into the complexities of piloting a fast jet at low altitude , keeping tabs on exactly where you are and planning on the wing exactly where you want to be within an acceptable tolerance at a checkpoint of plus or minus five seconds . |
| 4 | If you can imagine your goal , where you want to be in five years ' time , then you are already part of the way there . |
| 5 | So you 've got to take the initiative and be firm where you need to be with a company or with a farmer … and consider his needs , if they be economical , impracticable . |
| 6 | All of the sample of Rowdies were able to plot very accurately where they had stood on the terraces over the last few years , who they had been with , and where they expected to be in the future . |
| 7 | Whales and dolphins are largely carnivorous , but feed mostly on much smaller creatures — fish , lobsters , krill , plankton and so on , depending upon the species and where they happen to be in the world 's oceans . |
| 8 | If a writer has produced a song he or she thinks is a must for Cliff Richard , a major publisher is most likely to get that song where it needs to be in order to interest Cliff . |
| 9 | In fact , it was earlier than I wanted to be in front , but then he galloped on in his stride all the way to the line . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't like my own company so I like to be in a show . |
| 11 | By the time she entered the building and hurried across to Occupational Health she was several minutes later than she liked to be in the mornings . |
| 12 | Alright so you tend to be at work . |
| 13 | ‘ So you have to be in charge of directing their responses ? ’ |
| 14 | Also , the tempi in the original Bruckner scores are much simpler than they come to be in some editions . |
| 15 | It is true that the carefully authentic material has to be explained more fully than it had to be for readers of Marryat 's day , who could be supposed to possess a modicum of previous knowledge of naval affairs . |
| 16 | However , there has been a considerable improvement in that club 's cash flow and its level of indebtedness is better supported than it appeared to be at the time of last year 's review . |
| 17 | Partisan viewers tended to see television as being less favourable to their own party than it appeared to be in the eyes of other viewers . |
| 18 | At the same time , partisan readers tended to claim that their newspaper was more favourable to their own party than it appeared to be in the eyes of other readers . |
| 19 | The process of fusing Ministerial intentions and departmental expertise in the formulation of policy is a great deal more subtle than it appears to be at first sight . |
| 20 | Parent-child identification is less clear-cut among girls than it appears to be in boys . |
| 21 | Pragmatism might be less radical in practice than it appears to be in theory . |
| 22 | She did n't want to be with him , any more than he wanted to be with her . |
| 23 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 24 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 25 | I felt like I had to be in a group . ’ |
| 26 | Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away . |
| 27 | Madeleine was his sole reason for wanting to return to England — although naturally he 'd love to see Alice if she happened to be in London . |
| 28 | We will keep you informed of developments , but if you wish to be among the first to know you should sign on to our mailing list if you have not done so already . |
| 29 | Even if you admit to being at fault , you may wish management to take fuller account of mitigating factors or to impose a lesser punishment . |
| 30 | Ideal if you like to be in the heart of things as the hotel is next to one of Hamburg 's premier shopping areas and the Altona railway station . |