Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expo fever , Ruth had put it down to as Steve had been bowled over by the exquisite beauty of an air stewardess and , forgetting that the idea of being here was to make European contacts for their agency , had resigned himself to some enjoyable flirting . |
| 2 | The experience of being there was a very profound , private and personal time , each person must feel something to benefit themselves . |
| 3 | Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time . |
| 4 | Her sole purpose in being there was to meet him and she was content that he should know it . |
| 5 | One which used to be around was alright uncle how you doing . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ One of the reasons I wanted to be here was to copperfasten , I hope , the central role that architecture in general , and especially the architecture of the last 300 years has in our cultural and heritage policy . |
| 7 | Erm that later on , the signal box that used to be here was moved over to the other side , that 's all that 's there for . |
| 8 | I tell you a good programme which used to be on was erm oh fucking Auf Wiedersehn Pet . |
| 9 | The reason for being here was disappearing more each day . |
| 10 | My reason for being there was that this particular bit of coast happens to be the northern end of the Offa 's Dyke footpath , which winds for 168 miles along the English/Welsh border to Chepstow . |
| 11 | His real reason for being there was odd enough without having to concoct others . |