Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 2 | She didn there would 've been enough change in that and Kath was gon na go straight to the bank and get her some money back , right ? |
| 3 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 4 | What these critics apparently ca n't stomach is that wealth creators have a tendency to acquire wealth in the process of creating it for others . |
| 5 | Whether anyone will buy is another matter . |
| 6 | What we do know is that ADRK will keep a close eye on all matters concerning the breed . |
| 7 | What we do know is that pre-emption means that no fewer than half the power stations ' fuel markets in England and Wales are entirely removed from the danger of competition . |
| 8 | But what the man did not know was that Angel One had also encompassed a darker facet in his mastery of the martial arts , namely a knowledge of ninjutsu , the deadly art of the ancient Japanese assassins from the Clan of Death — the Ninja . |
| 9 | But what the rest of the candidates did not know was that Pilger had already earmarked someone for the job — the man who had gatecrashed the capitalization-day party — Keith Sutton of the Wapping Post . |
| 10 | All I did know was that Scamp took a few steps forward into the street while stuffing home fresh cartridges . |
| 11 | What he did not know was that Chemical had run into massive internal problems . |
| 12 | The least they can expect is some direction from the political parties prior to the election . ’ |
| 13 | But what does matter is that relegation of drama to the same order of non-seriousness as game , revellings and disportings , permitted an ‘ it 's only a game ’ attitude — both dismissive and tolerant — to creep in . |
| 14 | It 's all dark and all I can see are these metal cages all round . |
| 15 | So an example of words we should use are this example and there 's a handout to write , to recite , to identify , to differentiate , to solve , to construct , to list , to compare , to controls . |
| 16 | Because he liked women to be gentle and soft and obedient he thought that women would like being that way since it would make him like them . |
| 17 | Some of the things I could see were some sheep droppings , a stone or two , my rucksack and an aluminium ring pull from someone 's can of juice . |
| 18 | What we did not see were any examples of pupil-centred enquiry methods being employed by teachers and using materials specifically purchased for this purpose with project funds , as predicted in the proposal documents . |
| 19 | What you must remember is that sexuality is as basic a consciousness as information . ’ |
| 20 | From the outside , a passer-by will gaze up at the window , and all he will see is that lavender light . |
| 21 | The only problem that I can see is that fact that many books can not be taken home and that many sources can not be photocopied . |
| 22 | Oh for goodness sake , let's keep is that way . |
| 23 | Well , I do n't know if Marlborough tobacco was around in the time of Jesus Christ , but erm I think if Jesus Christ had the second coming today one of the first things he would condemn is this week that is the cause of death and destruction throughout the world , and if he would n't condemn that I would certainly be a bit dismayed . |
| 24 | No probably not in a sense but then when complete enough to actually use is another matter . |
| 25 | A funny creation , it 's probably best to read it first before you change your life , as all it may signpost is another batch of second-rate lifestyle articles . |
| 26 | You look at a crowd of people , er last , a week , a week yesterday at Wembley at the Billy Graham mission there , er we were sitting in one place and I was looking for , for some other folk and I knew approximately where they were and there I was stand , they were , all you could really see was this mass of people , very difficult to pick out individuals within them but God does n't see it as a mass like that . |
| 27 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 28 | I do n't think that 's bad or that it should ever stop being that way . |
| 29 | If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked . |
| 30 | But perhaps the moral we should draw is that criticism is not , and can not be , such a discipline ( though literary history is , or may be ) . |