Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You give me your , that I 'll shall give you this ring so I went is that right ? |
| 2 | So I said is that going is that |
| 3 | So I said is that right in the old stories |
| 4 | Yeah , oh all I got was that book with a statement , statement book . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Perhaps there 'd been some trouble — some kind of scene he wanted to warn her about . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | If only there had been some worked examples , we may have been able to follow the article . |
| 11 | If only it had been that nice John Smith , with his twinkling accountant 's eyes and trust-me smile . |
| 12 | So what happened was this . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He had been discharged but a year later there had been little change in his weight . |
| 15 | Until now it had been enough to produce smocks , nightdresses and long dresses in cotton for stores which would carry supplementary ranges by other manufacturers in different departments . |
| 16 | And how quick it had been this time ! |
| 17 | As recent as a year ago there had been little confidence about the future for sheep with lambs selling poorly , farmers wondering whether it was worth spending money on good rams or even worth tupping their ewes . |
| 18 | Little more than a year earlier there had been that never-to-be-forgotten encounter at the inn . |
| 19 | Up to then there had been little or no solid research in this field and the facts as to sexual elements in British society were still arcane . |
| 20 | Up to then there had been little social division in towns and houses were crowded in on themselves in a formless way . |
| 21 | Then there had been another science during which she took periodical gulps of her tea and the sleeping baby stirred and gave small pig-like grunts . |
| 22 | Since then there had been several extensions built , a new accident and emergency unit , and a radiotherapy centre . |
| 23 | It had been a wet , raw winter , with the ground waterlogged and streams running high ; but at least there had been little snow and the hill passes were open , which was just as well for a journey to mid-Annandale . |
| 24 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |
| 25 | Yet there had been those kisses pressed upon her own lips — and what about the embraces that had held her so closely against him ? |