Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well look through that and I wa what I want now is if you , can try and work your way through it . |
| 2 | While many of these types of work categories are still very broad , what the tables ( and diagrams ) show clearly is that there is a marked contrast between subjects such as computing and engineering ( civil , electrical/electronic , mechanical ) where one type of work absorbs 70 per cent or more of the graduate output , and subjects such as English , history , biological sciences or social studies where graduates are absorbed into a fairly even plurality of occupations ; with everything in between these two extremes . |
| 3 | The story that the fan magazines put out was that Dean and Brackett had a father-son relationship ; the gossips suggested that if this was so , it was incestuous . |
| 4 | ‘ All I worry about is that she 's going to come back . ’ |
| 5 | The only thing I worry about is if I lose my mother at this time of life , before I 'm due for a pension — what 's going to happen to me ? |
| 6 | What these studies also show however is that parties are careful not to make specific pledges on matters of central importance , such as the economy or unemployment . |
| 7 | Another argument sometimes put forward is that the model assumes a capital-rationing situation . |
| 8 | The new elements put forward were as follows : |
| 9 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 10 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 11 | The challenge that many of us face today is that we have a choice — whether or not we go out to work , how much domestic machinery we use , how much we involve the rest of the family in housework , whether or not we employ someone else to do the cleaning , how many take-away meals are put on the table , and so on . |
| 12 | The reason why a lot of Vox amplifiers blow up is because , when you turn the amplifier on , all the preamp tubes and power tubes are powered up , but if you 're only going to use one channel , plug the guitar in that one and take out the valves that you do n't use from the other channels , so the amp is n't quite as hot . |
| 13 | The tasks I set out were as follows : |
| 14 | I think , one fact that probably , I 'm sure yo , many of us know here is that the actual number of women on the H R T is really very small in this country ! |
| 15 | What these modifications indicate however is that this decisional paradigm may not be the most appropriate . |
| 16 | The danger of adopting a systems approach uncritically is that it is assumed that it is sufficient to identify system structures and to portray the multitudinous variables involved in a particular system which then reinforces the first law of ecology as graphically described by Commoner ( 1972 ) that everything is connected to everything else . |
| 17 | The way I and others who witnessed the incident feel now is that Ian Woosnam 's game is well over par . |
| 18 | ‘ No , what I feel now is that everything has come to the hands of the people . |
| 19 | One of the bizarre things I find today is that England does n't really like traders . |
| 20 | What we must cling to as these atrocities go on is that eventually the IRA will be crushed . |
| 21 | But some of the things you need to point out before you go round is that you do want a thirty five percent deposit of the first year 's payment . |
| 22 | Yeah that kind of thing I mean how was that wen you first |
| 23 | The main reason our children try drugs is that they 're searching for pleasure , and the main reason they carry on is that they 've found it . |
| 24 | For the one characteristic organization theorists ( Blau and Scott 1962 ; Etzioni 1961 ; Parsons 1963 ) agree on is that corporations , like all organizations , are primarily orientated towards the achievement of a particular goal — profit — at least in the long run . |
| 25 | That 's what I 'm saying , right , now , what I 'm saying is there 's a , that , that , is , there 's , there 's , there 's , there 's things , there 's things , there 's guides to be able to do that , right , and the guide is there 's certain things you do and certain things you do n't do , because what you do basically is that you close him on his final objection which is what you 're just saying you did , right , but you close him on his final objection , how did you manage to close him on his final objection ? |
| 26 | Perhaps the reason why more do not is that most people are protected by their lifestyles from the uncomfortable logic of the deficiency in their faith . |
| 27 | and I constantly wonder now is that Robin Harris speaking or is that Mrs Thatcher ? |
| 28 | He is , do n't is that tot I mean it 's , it 's unaided is it ? |
| 29 | because I do n't speak to at all now and that ca n't be right and the reason I do n't is because I know the response I 'm gon na get , blank look |
| 30 | What I mean is , what I mind about is if you mind . ’ |