Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There ai n't so many people about , and them that are look like they 're real busy — you know , just hurrying along as though they 're in a rush to get home . |
| 2 | I 'm hopeful with the royal family getting so involved in lobbies and British charities which do lobby , and for instance the anti-smoking lobby , where there 's somebody that 's supporting that there 's always going to be somebody who 's opposing that . |
| 3 | I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return . |
| 4 | A Dutch intelligence officer , Lieutenant Daniel Klop , tried to save them but was shot and later died . |
| 5 | Proceedings in the Chamber are fully recorded so that everything that is said or done is available for the broadcasters to use in their programmes . |
| 6 | I get everything that 's going and now god 's given them to me . |
| 7 | I endorse everything that was said and everything that said . |
| 8 | It 's not that I 've come on my own because it 's something that is seen as just my problem , because as I said , Tom does n't seem that interested either . |
| 9 | You can derive an enormous amount of satisfaction from restoring old frames and returning them to their former glory , and it is astonishing the number of attractive frames that are discarded when someone changes the colour scheme of their home or sorts through their attic and throws out something that is battered but still beautiful . |
| 10 | In all cases , however , a rule is something that is held and accepted as right and legitimate by the members of a group or society . |
| 11 | Perversely , she felt nearer to tears than at any other moment in the conversation — a great anguishing flood of tears , as if for something that was lost and would never come again . |
| 12 | For example , the view that taking extra vitamins may be harmful does not ring true ; the possibility of harm is acknowledged but it is one that is regarded as remote and pedantic . |
| 13 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 14 | I was always running up against her and being told that I had a shoelace undone , or my buttons needed polishing , or my hair was touching my collar , Airwoman ! |
| 15 | The pensioner tackled him but was overpowered when the raider threatened him with a 6in kitchen knife , before escaping . |
| 16 | The tests showed that if a product which should be cooked at 180°C is deep-fried at the correct temperature to seal it and is cooked as recommended , it will absorb only 6% of its weight in oil . |
| 17 | The person in question was a relative of hers and was killed or died I 'm sure not whether he was killed or died but certainly served in the forces in the four fourteen eighteen war in he was buried in . |
| 18 | We never heard any grumbling , everyone ate everything and we never heard of any health problems ( if there were any ) ; it was totally refreshing for all to be themselves and be accepted as they were . |
| 19 | In all , 1738 ( 96% ) patients in the survey were seen initially by their general practitioner ; 41 ( 2% ) referred themselves and were admitted to hospital , and 26 ( 1% ) referred themselves and were managed and discharged by an accident and emergency department . |
| 20 | Russians are filling in some of the gaps in their lives by seeking out anything that was forbidden or hard to get in Soviet times . |
| 21 | And when because the family doctor really know whe anything that was happening but was holding on the phone over the phone , oh he 's got a pain you know . |