Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.

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1 The ones that have done well in publishing terms quite rightly I think are those who have pl been plainly written by the person concerned , above all Dennis Healey and also Roy Jenkins .
2 You give me your , that I 'll shall give you this ring so I went is that right ?
3 So I said is that going is that
4 So I said is that right in the old stories
5 So I mean is this eggs that are put in by the , I mean I
6 Yeah , oh all I got was that book with a statement , statement book .
7 Jack speculated that perhaps there had been some interference by a superior , or that vandals may have seen the lonely outpost as a target for action .
8 Perhaps there 'd been some trouble — some kind of scene he wanted to warn her about .
9 Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ?
10 The report was published in July 1986 and concluded that apparently there had been little work done on the effects of skill mix on patient services and that " a higher priority should be given by management to achieving the best value for money by the adoption of methods of allocating staffing resources more closely related to the needs of patients and ward objectives .
11 ‘ If only there 'd been more time , ’ said Kelly , ‘ I 'd have tried to help her work out a clear-cut characterisation , but we had a tight schedule and I left it up to her . ’
12 If only there had been some worked examples , we may have been able to follow the article .
13 I mean obviously this is nothing new , obviously there 's been this sort of thing for some time in the past , but I think what we 've got to ask ourselves is ‘ what sort of a society are we now reaping ? ’
14 Furthermore there has been little research which has dealt specifically with Scotland .
15 During the last 12 months or so there have been several major developments which will influence the international economic climate in which we all operate .
16 Well I 've no idea , you know , I mean he all he does is all timber so I imagine he 's dealing with a quite a lot of old hand made nails and
17 If only it had been that nice John Smith , with his twinkling accountant 's eyes and trust-me smile .
18 Basically what happens is that lava and other material is ejected from a hole in the ground , or crater , which is fed by a single pipe-like supply channel extending deep down below ground .
19 So what happened was this .
20 And finally there have been some items in some of the national newspapers recently concerning university science parks .
21 Thus there has been some significant organizational development in the industry even since 1985 when Table 11.1 was drawn up .
22 Elsewhere there 's been little new activity but some notable flashes including Tragedy ( F7c+ ) by John Arran , Defcon 3 ( F7c ) by Richard Davis and New Dawn ( F7c ) by Ian Vickers .
23 Generally there has been little quantitative analysis of precisely how individual households adjust their expenditure behaviour in response to VAT changes and the aim of this project is to fill this gap .
24 Already there have been many studies of the effect of unemployment on health ; do they give useful results ?
25 Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm .
26 Whether or not there has been any history of violence , the association between the past and the present is bound to be significant in understanding present abuse within the family .
27 Nevertheless there has been little interest in exploring for Zechstein gas in the North Sea and the test results so far encountered have been very discouraging .
28 He had been discharged but a year later there had been little change in his weight .
29 What I am suggesting though I think is that you know , a close which is referred to as being the best of course is th the most honest is the
30 But so far there has been little sign of it .
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