Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've loved all the men I 've been with and have kept on good terms with them except my ex-husbands , they 're my least favourite of all , ’ she said . |
| 2 | If they know which party you are from and say , ‘ Oh I expect I 'll vote for you ’ , they probably mean ‘ I wo n't , but I want to get rid of you quickly because Dallas is just beginning ’ , or , I 've no idea and I 'm really not interested — politicians are all the same . ’ |
| 3 | Other companies have run numbers on what USL would be worth and found it hard to justify more than $200m . |
| 4 | I know inside Mr Crangle is curious only as to what I 'm like and wishes me no real harm , but there are others who do . ’ |
| 5 | I debated with myself whether it was right to have lunch with an aristocrat but I was also very curious to see what lunch with him would be like and accepted the invitation . |
| 6 | He realized now what solitary confinement must be like and wondered how people could survive months , even years of it . |
| 7 | It is difficult to form any clear conception of what these activities would be like if undertaken in isolation but so far as one can form such a conception it is of something essentially futile . |
| 8 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living . |
| 9 | will be with and following up the interest shown in The Philippines by groups in the west . |
| 10 | I am pleased to have ladies since they are more comfortable to be with and understand better the difficulties I labour under with a young baby and poor help and no husband constantly at my elbow . |
| 11 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
| 12 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 13 | The magazine text brings in the paradox of public and yet as if private utterance : ‘ His words were as if spoken to himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 14 | In another passage our final text reads ‘ His words were as if meant for himself , but he spoke them aloud , and he continued for some time to look at his sister like a man perplexed . ’ |
| 15 | When she explained what the kidnappers were after and asked if he had any idea where or what the document might be , his reply was predictably negative . |
| 16 | Before venturing on new formulas , however , it is as well to have an idea of what the old recipes were like and to know in what quantities , approximately , the ingredients were portioned out . |
| 17 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 18 | This should be an excellent opportunity for being with and joining friends for a relaxing evening . |
| 19 | She pinned old movie stills to the black beams so that the guests could play at guessing what they were from and gazed for too long at a film-still of Peter Finch and a male lover , pondering the nature of sexual passion . |
| 20 | It 's as if having been a victim once , you suddenly realise you could be vulnerable again . |
| 21 | It is as if to let people see your feelings takes away some of your power . |
| 22 | It is as if teaching quality is only an issue in subjects like mathematics and science . |
| 23 | A staff meeting is held to clarify what the plan is for and to outline the procedures to be adopted . |
| 24 | So we should probably begin by asking what college is for and reviewing the various arguments that surround it . |
| 25 | We have been unable to discover what all this apparatus is for and wondered if you might be able to shed some light on the matter ? |
| 26 | 5 Now think about what the whole island is like and draw a map showing its main features . |
| 27 | It shrinks when it lies across the circle — along a diameter-compared to what it 's like when measuring round the circle . |
| 28 | Och , she is , she 's with but did you remember Christmas ? |
| 29 | They must , in their own interests and in the interests of their pupils , ensure that their school is at or moving towards the ‘ open ’ end of the continuum . |
| 30 | She talked with Emma about the chart and what it was for and put it in the kitchen where Emma could see it clearly . |