Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] be [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about if I suggested to you that some people would think that being anti-vivisection was in bad taste , how would you answer the point ? |
| 2 | And do n't think that being squeamish is a virtue in itself — there are many ways of doing harm . ’ |
| 3 | Not , one hopes , for the reason given in 1848 by the Chief Justice , who argued that being black was " a great misfortune , but no crime " . |
| 4 | I mean that 's that 's one of the things I want ed to talk about was the relevance of archaeology to that sort of work I mean certainly I 've done surveying you know |
| 5 | Yeah , I mean that 's that 's not a problem any more . |
| 6 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |
| 7 | That 's right , yes , I mean that 's that 's very true , and , and another point that underlines the fact economies of scale in agriculture , I mean there are there are economies of scale to a certain degree as you , as you said there , Matthew , but there 's certainly not er , erm , they 're not as large as the , as the economies of scale in , in manufacturing , primarily because in agriculture you effectively need land , alright , to increase erm , your output . |
| 8 | So I mean that 's that 's |
| 9 | I mean that 's that 's , it 's true as well . |
| 10 | So you know , I mean that 's that 's the er So I 'll see what Kevin comes back to me with first . |
| 11 | I mean that 's that 's not in question I just want to know you know try and get a bit of background , I had heard there was a possible problem erm and er how bad it was . |
| 12 | this one because you , there 's the back view look I mean that 's that 's a back door is n't it ? |
| 13 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
| 14 | Well yeah but it 's better tha , I mean that 's that 's like a bus signal and that 's like a ser , this one that 's going round . |
| 15 | I mean that 's that 's the same as fucking out in Spain last year . |
| 16 | Oh yeah I mean that 's that 's the |
| 17 | Erm er so erm yeah I mean that 's that 's er a fair way to proceed I think y'know if if you have video tapes or tape recordings of stuff |
| 18 | to delegate yeah well I mean that 's this is why I think I should bring forward a supervisors course for , for , for , for |
| 19 | well I mean that 's costly is n't it ? |
| 20 | I do but I mean that 's alright is n't it ? |
| 21 | I mean that 's frightening is n't it ? |
| 22 | tyrants , I mean that is that is more than that , he 's saying that , that y the , the power base at the two level er two I think the local one , jurisdiction , weal people in control , they have got to be overthrown , now that I think is revolutionary . |
| 23 | rea I mean that was cheaper was n't it ? |
| 24 | I thought ah , now that 's what a director sorts out , you know I mean that was that was er very useful . |
| 25 | I mean this is that is |
| 26 | And then you can think of I mean this is this is just sort it can be there to confuse you while you 're sorting out the time . |
| 27 | Yeah I mean this is this is erm more the sort of thing that I I had in mind . |
| 28 | Erm so I mean this is this is never distressed but it 's beginning to look a bit ancient now . |
| 29 | I 'd expect that 's that 's their plan . |
| 30 | We 've had that 's that 's the observation I was gon na make , that 's er just so happens that that almost the amount that 's gon na be turned round to me the following week that that |