Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh going back to the apprenticeship you were more or less left as you stood because I I thought that journeymen were very what 's the word very er they were only too willing to let you know what was going on and when you think about it you can see why . |
| 2 | You got be an hour , an hour and a half arter you were home afore you could leave them . |
| 3 | The car 's hydraulics soughed as they tried to compensate for the sudden shift of the bubble but against that gale they were all but useless , and the bubble-canopy clanged on the car 's shell . |
| 4 | I swear to you that when I kissed you in Ib 's Club it was simply because I could n't resist the temptation . |
| 5 | This is the Central Television Percy Thrower Trophy , very handsome trophy it is too and it 's going to be presented to the best gardener around here ; that 's after the break . |
| 6 | If she did sense an added aura of poignancy it was probably because in less than two weeks Tivoli would close its turnstiles and remain dormant until its spring awakening at the end of the following April . |
| 7 | At this lowest level of British industry it is almost as though struggles are not expected to occur , let alone be won . |
| 8 | Sir John condemned large advances for authors as ‘ sheer folly ’ ( although he admitted that while they were still common practice he was more than happy to receive one ) , and wondered whether as more publishers ‘ linked into bookshops ’ EPOS systems via EDI there would still be a long-term need for wholesalers ’ . |
| 9 | There are a lot of people saying that Mike Martin Pipe is not the force he was etcetera but there 's been a change of policy down at and if anyone thinks that Pipe has lost his touch they 're talking twaddle . |
| 10 | Well , whenever women are at a disadvantage it is usually because somebody has put them there . |
| 11 | She snuggled down beneath the duvet , desperately trying not to think that just a short while ago it had been wrapped round his powerful body , but as she turned her face into the pillow she was all but overwhelmed by the scent of him — a clean , heady , masculine smell that owed nothing to any kind of artificial fragrance . |
| 12 | You show grandma what a big boy you are tonight and you talk to her nicely on the phone and you |
| 13 | If the law of economic torts is in a mess it is largely because of uncertainty over what constitutes unlawful means . |
| 14 | I ca n't speak for everyone , but whenever I find myself eating in a pub it 's usually because raging hunger has overcome the judgement of discriminating palate . |
| 15 | I mean it 's not a major issue I mean it is an issue it 's not a major issue it 's just that there have been one or two occasions like where we have cross purposes but considering you know they are a relatively minor tour operator I would n't want that to muddy the water because that was just just erm a misunderstanding . |
| 16 | When a pope next called a Council it was only because the French king , then at war with the papacy , had called one of his own . |
| 17 | Drama , inevitably , is more culturally specialized by language , but in many of its other elements of movement and scene it is widely and inherently accessible , as is clear in mime and was very evident in the silent film . |
| 18 | If you played it out to the left of the fairway it was down-wind and a difficult shot . |
| 19 | It 's really annoying , he 's not like that at home it 's just that Pip I think Pip intimidates him |
| 20 | And of course you are right that this must be about happiness . ’ |
| 21 | The women protested , but in a moment I was upright and swaying around . |
| 22 | He poured his mother 's ashes in the place she is now and I am absolutely positive that he knows now she is not coming back . ’ |
| 23 | Rory put in mildly , though in truth she was more than a little disturbed by what she was hearing . |
| 24 | At the end of the First World War it was confidently and almost universally assumed that after a short time money would be back to its pre-war value and market prices ( including market rents ) to their pre-war levels . |
| 25 | On the handshake it was only when I got notified that I 'd been awarded the gold badge , I realized I never got my hand back that day . |
| 26 | The next moment he was inside and she was closing the door behind him , then leading him along the narrow hallway towards the living-room . |
| 27 | One moment he was there and then … ’ |
| 28 | At the moment it is just that she is missing . ’ |
| 29 | Armed with this terrible weapon he is all but invincible for a time . |
| 30 | A police spokesman said : ‘ With hindsight it was less than perfect service on our part . ’ |