Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermenting vessels where it meets its destiny with yeast . |
| 2 | But as we 're seeing it 's happening to all sorts of people . |
| 3 | Erm as with many , many parts of the Gospel you 're expected you 're expected to be able to look more deeply than on the surface . |
| 4 | You 're assuming it is going to be developed along its northerly perimeter . |
| 5 | Because what you 're thinking it 's going to be like is completely the opposite of what is happening . |
| 6 | I am told he is turning to wolves for the next . |
| 7 | But my opinion on this is really fairly redundant , because the people who are buying it are going to be pros — either that or seasoned bank robbers ! |
| 8 | There are a couple of things I would like to say one is that you will find people have asked regards the paper which David mentioned in Northern Ireland that has been distributed it was pinned to another sheet of paper erm , headed The Last Attempt and there are more copies available it 's simply to know where to find that . |
| 9 | That lady who won the pools and said she was going to spend , spend , spend , might have been saying she was going to You Know What , You Know What , You Know What , for the disapproval she found heaped on her . |
| 10 | Mr Nitch-Smith said : ‘ I think the Malawi authorities have instructed outside lawyers so that it can be emphasised they are committed to a fair and open trial . |
| 11 | No we get we get a lot of erm sort of similar questions I 'm no I 'm trying I 'm trying to be it 's only just me . |
| 12 | Yes we were told they 're going to be trees like that because they 've had a lot of trouble with pigeons roosting in the erm the mature trees and it 's impossible for people to sit on the benches underneath cos of er pigeon mess . |
| 13 | ‘ The captain fed us bits of information about decompression and what to do , and after 10 minutes we were told we were returning to Birmingham because of a shattered windscreen on the aircraft . |
| 14 | Helen , of Moulton Grove , Fairfield , Stockton , burst into tears and had to be supported by relatives after being told she was going to a young offenders institution . |
| 15 | And any any reso what I call resolutions that were passed they were sent to the proper departments of government . |
| 16 | ‘ I like the quiet of Beckenham , where no one bothers your balls , ’ said Dad , thinking that that was the end of the matter , as it would have been had he been talking to Mum . |
| 17 | This program will make your non-laser printer operate just like a typewriter so that every time a key is pressed it is sent to the printer . |
| 18 | When barley is harvested it is taken to a maltings where the grains are soaked in water to encourage germination . |
| 19 | When the order is made it is scheduled to a confirmation Bill and introduced into parliament . |
| 20 | This is provided it is agreed to by a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the members , or class of members , present and voting either in person or by proxy at the court-convened meeting to approve it and provided the scheme is sanctioned by the court . |
| 21 | It is believed she was knifed to death . |
| 22 | The paramount value which Semai place on avoidance of conflict or confrontation precludes a direct response , so a strategy of passive resistance is adopted : the person who is being importuned begins , without responding directly , to turn slowly , almost imperceptibly , around , until the one who is importuning him is speaking to his back . |
| 23 | That 's to say I was going to — but … ’ |
| 24 | When eventually the story was checked it was found to be false , evidently initiated as part of an intercommunal feud by a tribal group which held a grudge against the government . |
| 25 | So when he was told he was going to be transferred to the Sheriff 's Wayside Honor Farm at Castaic , he told reporters , ‘ I 've been pretty happy in the tank here . |
| 26 | When the SEA was approved it was considered to be a poor substitute for a new Treaty on European Union , but given the opposition of the UK and Denmark it was the best that could be achieved . |
| 27 | When the danger was discovered they were re-exported to Finland . |
| 28 | On each of the six counts on which he was convicted he was sentenced to three months ' imprisonment on each count concurrent , suspended for two years . |
| 29 | ‘ I was thinking I 'm going to be picked up at JFK and they 'll be expecting a black feminist and they 'll realise they 've got the wrong author . ’ |