Example sentences of "[pers pn] [det] [vb base] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will it not be found that the political activity of societies consists ordinarily , perhaps invariably , in filling sieves and making sand ropes — sieves which those who fill them half know to be sieves , sand which those who weave it into ropes suspect to be sand after all ? |
| 2 | There 's no bell saying you all have to be there at such a time . ’ |
| 3 | You all seem to be in good spirits tonight . |
| 4 | You all seem to be very alert in the evening |
| 5 | I 've taken the view that since you all appear to be happy with the provision made for you in I five , you do n't wish to make any comment ? |
| 6 | I 'll settle for a good long engagement — to give you both time to be sure . ’ |
| 7 | Love-making 's not easy when you 're driving back from an evening meeting in Cheltenham to reach London by 1.30am and you both have to be up early for work the next day . ’ |
| 8 | Choices of language , decisions regarding objectives , content , the priority accorded to them and the criteria for determining them all have to be made , renewed and periodically revised . |
| 9 | The idea that this Chamber is a place to which we all come to be influenced by the ebb and flow of debate and the oratory of Members is totally ridiculous . |
| 10 | I am concerned about the practical effect of the Labour party 's opposition to the Bill , which would be to hamper or prevent the necessary restructuring of the coal industry which we all know to be necessary . |
| 11 | WE ALL like to be taken seriously , especially when we are feeling ill . |
| 12 | ‘ We all like to be liked ’ , as one Northern businessman recently put it . |
| 13 | And , although I imagine a certain amount of tampering has gone on here ( I do n't recall the vocal being quite so clear , but we all like to be tampered with once in a while ) this is still a bloody mess . |
| 14 | But , I believe that we all like to be scared a little , as long as we can shut the book at the end of the story , and still be in our cosy , safe bed . |
| 15 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 16 | ‘ It is a time when we all want to be happy . |
| 17 | It seems that whilst we all want to be able to travel around quickly , conveniently and in comfort , the price for many may be too high . |
| 18 | Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings . |
| 19 | To this end we all need to be engaged in a programme of progressive disengagement from injury to animals . |
| 20 | We all need to be told we look good , so try to educate your family to support you in this way . |
| 21 | We all need to be consistent I think do n't you ? |
| 22 | But , whatever you do , you must never forget that there are a lot of very important things which are said to come from ‘ god ’ , and which nevertheless , we all believe to be good . |
| 23 | Hegel suggests that we all aim to be recognised by others wanting to be noticed by others , to be deemed worthy by others are traits we all have . |
| 24 | We all have to be near something — work , college , family — there are very few people who are without any ties and can genuinely live anywhere . |
| 25 | Let us not say what we both know to be true . |
| 26 | We both seem to be held in much the same esteem . |
| 27 | And we both need to be sure that you can afford the repayments . |
| 28 | Even where parents no longer live together they each continue to be responsible for their children and will need to decide who the children should live with for most of the time and how often the other parent should see the children . |
| 29 | Neither ‘ poverty ’ or ‘ environment ’ is a discrete category : they each have to be disaggregated . |
| 30 | I did n't get any say in the matter of how big or which brand it was , but the barmaid smiled sweetly and said ‘ Merci ’ when I paid her , because they all pretend to be French even if they are n't . |