Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought of all the warm beds that I could have been in and I kneaded my fingers that were going numb with cold . |
| 2 | If they were good , you would say it 's good for our art-form , but when they 're not and they take our money , that makes me mad . ’ |
| 3 | I am sure it will not be long until they get their seat back . ’ |
| 4 | No matter how certain he might be immediately before he closed his eyes that there was plenty of space in front of him , no matter how positive he was as he walked with eyes closed that he was n't veering off to one side and there was tarmac under his feet rather than grass , he still found it very hard , almost impossible , to walk more than about twenty paces with his eyes closed . |
| 5 | Yeah , no it would n't be tomorrow because I think my mum 's working so |
| 6 | The relatives and friends who are left behind can also become entrapped in an overwhelming feeling that says ‘ I must be there when he takes his last breath ’ ; ‘ I must n't miss any last word he utters ’ . |
| 7 | I thought I could look around a bit more , and that Gus would always be there if I changed my mind . ’ |
| 8 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr. Smith 's evidence comes down essentially to the position that Mr. Winterbone 's mental powers were not materially impaired or materially different from the position they were in before he had his fall and went into either Samuel Saye House or Haine Hospital . |
| 10 | All the lights in the town were out as we made our way through the almost empty streets . |
| 11 | And it 's only as we fulfil our function with the body . |
| 12 | Bob ; No , sorry I do n't but it 's really easy to find out just call the helpline and they 'll be able to tell you exactly what band your flat is in and what discounts your eligible to . |
| 13 | Err , the reference to playing the Spurs list was just my little joke , I 'm afraid , so it 's best if you leave your boots behind , Halvard . |
| 14 | But what makes Courtney especially dangerous is not that he abused his position as a doctor . |
| 15 | This is not because I share his criticisms — quite the opposite — but because , like him , I anticipate and relish the prospect of my hon. Friend the Minister replying to the debate , when I hope that he will give a robust rebuttal of the hon. Gentleman 's criticisms . |
| 16 | Why Martha transferred the money before she put her apron on I do n't know — I suppose it 's just that everyone has their own little routines for doing things . |
| 17 | it 's just that she needs your name , the fact that you 're male , th an approximate age within five years . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's just that you know your daughter is in the front line . |
| 19 | Sometimes it 's just because we want our curiosity satisfied , and that was obviously the case with Nicodemus . |
| 20 | Well it 's just as I read your paragraph fifteen point two , you say To exclude sites D thirty nine and D forty from the greenbelt presupposes the expansion of Skelton on its northerly perimeter . |
| 21 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 22 | Talking about privatising the National Health Service and opting out of the National Health Service is not actually very helpful because people do n't believe that , they do n't believe it 's er N H S P L C. They do not , it is not a British Gas , it is not a British Telecom , they know it 's not and it devalues your argument if you talk of it in those terms , and it allows Waldergrave to stand up and to renounce and reject your statements and weaken your case . |
| 23 | If he seems to have had a foot in the door for an awfully long time then that is probably because he made his debut as an 18–year-old during the Dermot Reeve era . |
| 24 | When I wake up , I know summat 's up when I open my eyes and see it 's all bright , but it takes me a minute to remember where I am . |
| 25 | You can cut Mabel 's up if you like my love ? |
| 26 | No coach , no problem — at least it is n't if you follow our training plan ! |
| 27 | And this is nice to know that there is sometimes if you put your head down and work hard at something there is something at the end of the rainbow . |
| 28 | But Kate knew when enough was enough so she kept her peace . |
| 29 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 30 | It was thus that it acquired its unique form : 35 km long and about 1.6 km wide with steep sides sloping to a flat bed . |