Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I avoid being a sceptic about other minds ? |
| 2 | I can see I have been a great burden to you . |
| 3 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Anyone can see you 've been a sergeant . |
| 5 | Do you think is a |
| 6 | What can you expect is a certain amount of resentment or sour grapes between October 1–4 and , frustrating as it may be , all you can really do about the situation is put up and shut up in the certain knowledge that you will gain your freedom , however long it takes . |
| 7 | At breakfast my seven-year-old daughter enquires , quite seriously : ‘ Daddy , do you like being a doctor ? ’ |
| 8 | Can you stop being a black sheep then , did did did he stop being a black sheep when he came back . |
| 9 | Would she have been a normal and contented woman had she not been Nicolae 's sister , or did her willingness to abuse every chance to profiteer from her position and to humiliate those she disliked reflect a deeply unpleasant cast in the Ceauşescu genes ? |
| 10 | And will he be far-sighted enough to guess that even DNA may itself have been a usurper of yet more remote and primitive replicators , crystals of inorganic silicates ? |
| 11 | ‘ Could you have been a contender ? ’ |
| 12 | But she was n't used to being treated as though she did n't exist , and nor , despite her quip on deck , did she intend being a slave . |
| 13 | How , you may ask , can you cease being a pawn ? |
| 14 | ‘ What d' you think-I 'm a charity ? l-his is an emergency supply , you know ? |
| 15 | What would you say is a fair fair percentage of referrals and actual cold calling would you say for an associate ? |
| 16 | Did n't he fancy being a . |
| 17 | Did he enjoy being a temporarily anonymous spectacle , or did he believe these seamstresses and pipe fitters knew who he was ? |
| 18 | Can you stop being a black sheep then , did did did he stop being a black sheep when he came back . |
| 19 | Perhaps she had suffered a small fit after all , or could it have been a touch of fever ? |
| 20 | Could it have been a stranded salmon ? |
| 21 | Not only would it have been a ridiculous example of ‘ overkill ’ . |
| 22 | Would it have been a good tactic to try and exploit adult hostility towards this group on account of their delinquent activities , rather than highlight their racist involvements which clearly did have a measure of adult support ? |
| 23 | Could it have been a miscarriage ? |
| 24 | If it be said that such an accident is an involuntary mischief , would it have been a binding promise if the testator had said , ‘ I will give you £100 a year while you continue in your present chambers ’ ? |
| 25 | Could it have been a roundabout reference to that old scandal ? |
| 26 | At that time would it have been a custom to have had the coffin in the house ? |
| 27 | Why could n't it have been a total stranger ? |
| 28 | Could it have been a shot gun do you think ? |
| 29 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |
| 30 | Would it have been a horse-drawn hearse ? |