Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is four years since my last midfield appearance because Colin Harvey moved be back to right back and then the injuries began . |
| 2 | The equipment which saved Ray was bought by the Thame business United Biscuits , and some of the staff who contributed were also at the pub today to meet the man who owes his life to their generosity . |
| 3 | The sections used were shortly after junctions 2 , 4 , 17 and 39 . |
| 4 | The Defence Minister , Mr Ferenc Karpati , told the Hungarian parliament that the troops used were not from the regular army but from the Securitate secret police , whose uniforms are similar and who are equipped with tanks and sophisticated weapons . |
| 5 | Now , the means whereby the standards of the higher courses , devised by the new polytechnics , could be validated and monitored were also at hand , with the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , granted its Royal Charter in 1964 , and charged with ensuring that the courses approved by it were of a standard at least equivalent to similar courses in the universities . |
| 6 | And I presume the 2 disallowed were nt in that figure ? |
| 7 | There was no apparent reason to administer the drug , although the quantities involved were not above the legal limits . |
| 8 | Much of the indebtedness of these middle-income countries arose through borrowings in private sector capital markets , mainly the euro-currency markets , and although it was feared that the banks involved were seriously at risk it is becoming clear that rescheduling of debt by the banks with the debtor countries has been possible . |
| 9 | But the majority of policemen and women we encountered were not like this and did not engage in little acts of subterfuge to limit what the field-worker saw or heard because either they had nothing to hide or , more rarely , they were not concerned to conceal it . |
| 10 | It is true that this word is mentioned in the Bible , but it was rightly applied then , for these unhappy creatures mentioned were not in a position to make themselves understood . |
| 11 | However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon. and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 12 | We had already settled for Peru when Terry rang , but the vision he described was far from encouraging : Lima a cauldron of unrest and theft , the hills in the hands of ‘ Sendero , ’ the country on the edge of collapse . |
| 13 | That particular stretch of the motorway is in is very very busy , where he stopped was just round a fairly blind right hand bend and traffic was approaching that at their normal lane three speed , and they were faced with a stationery vehicle . |
| 14 | There was little vocal participation by the people in the Mass , and such music as they used was generally in the context of other services or ‘ devotions ’ . |
| 15 | The change that occurred was mostly before the Act , either despite the war or hindered by war conditions . |
| 16 | Something to do with what he 'd been through in some war . |
| 17 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
| 18 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 19 | Anyway , er they we , they moved out last Friday so this week when he rang me , they 'd been round past the hotel and er there 's walls being knocked down ! |
| 20 | If we 'd been around in Nelson 's day he 'd have given his right arm for a copy . |
| 21 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |
| 22 | William always went that step further into life 's nightmares , and he 'd been closer to it , to start with . |
| 23 | She 'd been here on Friday , and he had n't ! |
| 24 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 25 | They 'd been here on holiday , enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they endure in Russia . |
| 26 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 27 | They were a striking couple — tall , slim and very , very pale against old hands who 'd been here for days or even weeks . |
| 28 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 29 | Why , it was almost half-past ten , yet there was no Ace , nor any signs that he 'd been downstairs before her . |
| 30 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |