Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Memories unfortunately fade and hopes soon waned when after 1 1/2 hours nothing was found in the area suggested . |
| 2 | Irrespective of size , status or skills everyone was brought down to earth with a splash — the difference was that as Saturday 's play unfolded the seeded sides invariably proved to be the more adept in the art of ‘ aquaplaning ’ . |
| 3 | For a long time I did not know whether the notes I was accumulating would be published one day , but that did not deter me . |
| 4 | I was back to visit it because Ben Tee , via the falls , was one of a series of outings I was proposing for a book of Lochaber walks , and despite all my nosing about I was not prepared to describe things without another visit . |
| 5 | No one of the reasons I was ringing er I have actually er tried the old Beauj' this year . |
| 6 | When I was asked to speak at my farewell party I said that I felt a Ghanaian could have done my job and that was one of the reasons I was leaving . |
| 7 | Yes erm during the h the Probably one of the reasons I was set on to start with , was the tremendous amount of house building . |
| 8 | Cos I was asking , for a number of reasons I was asking for floor plans for our , you see . |
| 9 | The reasons I 'm gon na give you were supplied by a guy called Tony . |
| 10 | He said the traditional exercises I was doing were unimportant in comparison with the meditative disciplines I was experiencing whilst making music . |
| 11 | By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values . |
| 12 | In most cases I was allowed to read the case file as well as to observe solicitor-client encounters and to attend court . |
| 13 | Again I 'll mention the two cases I 'm dealing with where there 've been no wills and surviving spouses who are not getting anything . |
| 14 | And in spite of all the inducements I was offered to stay . ’ |
| 15 | Mum begins to notice my attachment to John , the amount of hours I am spending away from home , the fact that I am growing up and away from her , and also how much I 'm eating . |
| 16 | To rapturous applause he told them : ‘ For the next two-and-a-half hours I am going to work your asses like you 've never been worked before . |
| 17 | Within hours I was flying over it . |
| 18 | Well it was twenty three hours I was going to say twenty four hours ago , but twenty three hours . |
| 19 | For three hours I was sitting in a dressing gown . |
| 20 | I know but I 'm still not wandering around for hours I 'm warning you now ! |
| 21 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 22 | At the end of the investitures I was joined by my family and we walked to the exit through the long corridors joined by small flights of deep-carpeted stairs . |
| 23 | ‘ On clay courts I was trained to make the other guy play tennis all day . |
| 24 | In a very small percentage of cases someone was described as having been a Free Presbyterian . |
| 25 | I have a Passap 6000 and when knitting a jacquard pattern with black and white yarns I was having ‘ mispatterning ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ The experts I 'm talking about are the ex-members of various secret services and police forces . |
| 27 | As soon as I 've got some suitable breeding pairs I 'm going to go back there . |
| 28 | my make up and the way I dress reflects the meetings I 'm going to . |
| 29 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
| 30 | So , it is my config sys I 'm looking for is n't it , while I find an edit . |