Example sentences of "[prep] be [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and the other may or may not of been like I said just the fact I 'm shaking your hand , weapon he goes and does a frenzy test but the evidence on those three were , was n't very , was n't very conclusive and it |
| 2 | Yeah , could of been if there 'd been any Romans in Italy . |
| 3 | but it could n't of been cos it came out last week |
| 4 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 5 | Remember that the significance of is that it indicates the power in the load for a fixed amplitude of input signal . |
| 6 | What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible . |
| 7 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 8 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 9 | All I was conscious of was that everything had miscarried , and in my isolation , I was powerless to do anything . |
| 10 | All he could think of was that he wanted to sneeze . |
| 11 | All I could think of was that I knew that a Lee Metford was the forerunner of the Lee Enfield .303 rifle and almost became standard issue to the British army before WW1 . |
| 12 | What he was sure of was that she 'd disappeared , and that was inconvenient to him . |
| 13 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |
| 14 | This also comes into being as we couple reading the Bible with prayer . |
| 15 | Yet what they seem satisfied with is that they initiate contact with the lawyer , and not the other way round , as and when they think he or she is needed . |
| 16 | ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do . |
| 17 | But they changed over quickly cos what kids get bored with is if they 've got |
| 18 | What she most relishes about no longer having to worry about where the money to pay the rates is coming from is that it gives her the freedom to be creative . |
| 19 | . The reason I throw that in is because it does n't conveniently come under wills anywhere , but it 's relevant to you . |
| 20 | what I most often heard when I phoned people a couple of days in was that it 's been the worst two days of my life ! |
| 21 | With the advances in information technology , answers to many questions could be delivered in minutes , not just on industrial issues , like how cold does it have to be before we stop work , or how heavy a load should I lift , but other questions not related to work that we have not always answered in the past . |
| 22 | There are formal procedures for deciding how large a difference in the ds needs to be before we decide to take the interaction seriously , but these are beyond the scope of this book . |
| 23 | Alright , th the saying in the paper , they 're talking about stopping these big companies , keeping these little companies waiting there could be something they can do about that , but how long is it going to be before they do something ? |
| 24 | And how ill did you have to be before you died ? |
| 25 | If you were going to live your life again , how old would you think you 'd have to be before you felt mature enough to make the decision to get married ? |
| 26 | ‘ And it would have to be before you require our services . |
| 27 | they say to me , how many of them do there have to be before you think you 've got enough on your list . |
| 28 | I think th the difficulty with that kind of day is that unless you 've decided what the outcome 's going to be before you start , you 're not actually going together are you ? |
| 29 | How safe does a drug have to be before it receives a certificate ? |
| 30 | The question then arises as to how specific the Community legislation has to be before it precludes national legislation . |