Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 2 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah you , you 're there and they just ignore you |
| 4 | The truth is that reporters are constantly swapping jobs and assignments and that your contacts may be away when you most need them . |
| 5 | And you know children , men and children would be there and he just do n't care . |
| 6 | And yes it erm I mean and therefore we would be reviewing current practices which is that erm you know the film is in the building , the cinema is open , the staff are there and we therefore show a film at four o'clock because there 's no extra charge for us doing so and we hope thereby to attract however many er patrons to see it . |
| 7 | Yeah , we were , ah erm , we were together when we actually met , it was sort of on and off really . |
| 8 | He took aim half-heartedly , but they were away before he even squeezed . |
| 9 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 10 | Hundreds of people were there and I only saw the Queen at the beginning when she came out with Prince Philip and the Queen Mother and stood at the head of the terrace whilst a band played the National Anthem . |
| 11 | Cos I noticed when we were there and it just collapsed he could n't walk a lot . |
| 12 | And I should feel better having the knowledge that you were nearby if I suddenly became unhinged . ’ |
| 13 | The point is rather that we now have a strong data base from which to operate , and that the technical means are now available which would reveal precisely what our signals do mean ; perhaps to show that there are monsters , perhaps to find , at least beyond reasonable doubt , that their existence is too unlikely to warrant further study . |
| 14 | It 's only cos I fucking told him about it the other night . |
| 15 | It 's only if something suddenly begins to move that you start asking questions . |
| 16 | Those making the decisions have become in a precise sense semi-literate : they can read and write , it is just that they seldom do . |
| 17 | I hope you do not think me unduly vain with regard to this last matter ; it is just that one never knows when one might be obliged to give out that one is from Darlington Hall , and it is important that one be attired at such times in a manner worthy of one 's position . |
| 18 | It 's just that one sometimes feels rather — oh , I do n't know . |
| 19 | The second , does anyone want to say any about that ? it 's just that they probably sent it to the appropriate people . |
| 20 | But after the first few meetings … well , the people there are nice enough … it 's just that we never seem to hear from them between our quarterly meetings " . |
| 21 | Well the , the , the , the , the sort of , the sort of background as I have seen it he never struck me as being particularly clever or bright it 's just that he always seemed to be very well taught and academically successful and exams never seemed an undue problem , and so he went off to Wolverhampton Poly which he selected for , you know , all the usual reasons , reasonable place , reasonable course , a reasonable this a reasonable that , tt erm to do computer science which of course all the kids want to do now erm twentieth centu no it is n't it 's a sort of nineteen eighties version of wanting to be an engine driver is n't it ? |
| 22 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 23 | ‘ Well … it 's just that I always wanted to die clutching something that was near to the earth . |
| 24 | It was n't as though either of these men had led me to expect anything , gave me anything to hope for , it 's just that I really liked them , particularly the one I encountered later on . |
| 25 | It 's just that I sometimes think oh I 'd love to have a change round but |
| 26 | It 's just that you never think of humans as having holes in their socks . ’ |
| 27 | In fact , it is best if we actually have three separate accounts . |
| 28 | ‘ It is best if they just tell me she was drowned . ’ |
| 29 | It 's more that you just pick up on something . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's probably because you never say anything amusing , Katherine , darling , ’ Diana replied . |