StringNet search result

Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	M. It makes me want to be sick .
2	Both pulls are strong and theories which purport to reconcile them tend to be fragile , even though they capture a stout commonsense conviction that , as Marx put it , ‘ Men make their own history but they do not make it just as they please ; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves . ’
3	Additionally , most published publication counts refer to active practitioners , rather than to Ph D students , many of whom cease to be active in the subject field of their training .
4	Additionally , most published publication counts refer to active practitioners , rather than to Ph D students , many of whom cease to be active in the subject field of their training .
5	Plainly not everyone has to be subject to chronic disease .
6	This I now of course understand , that everyone has to be careful of any drug smugglers .
7	Mersey Regional Ambulance spokesman Richard Oswick said : ‘ Everyone has to be aware that the dark nights are drawing in and we all need to take special care . ’
8	Exactly the same is true of ageism and everyone needs to be alert to their often unconscious ageist attitudes .
9	Everyone needs to be able to integrate work with personal life .
10	Given the conception we have , are mental events as we have conceived them excluded from being physical ?
11	Both of them want to be close and both need to repair their inner confusion about what they can allow themselves .
12	The noise was intense , constant chatter , voices raised in argument , an air of expectancy , even tension , as everyone pretended to be involved in what was happening around them but secretly watched the great ones at the high table .
13	Alexander said that everyone wants to be right but no one stops to think whether their idea of right is in fact right .
14	Everyone wants to be healthy .
15	But it has only been half successful because everyone wants to be able to go everywhere .
16	Everyone wants to be able to design and create something with an individual touch , whether it 's an outfit to wear or soft furnishings for the home .
17	If someone persists in being awkward , then as leader you can choose to continue the discussion with them elsewhere and move on to another questioner .
18	Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) .
19	The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them .
20	Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen
21	Well t I mean to be honest erm tt I wanted to try some different things er cos I 've seen these guys today
22	yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering
23	But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ?
24	I mean to be frank I hear this charge from all over the country .
25	Now that 's what I mean about being dishonest .
26	Mr. Alison : I intend to be present at the next meeting of the General Synod which is scheduled for July of this year .
27	Later that evening , going on my farewell walk round Cuzco , I fought to be positive , talking to myself like a character in a novel I was reading at the time , David Copperfield 's aunt .
28	As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book .
29	However , I remain to be convinced that legislation would be beneficial .
30	I remain to be convinced that there is a problem and that therefore we should necessarily consider the solution that the hon. Gentleman suggested .