Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tribal communities — who have ownership rights over 97 per cent of the country 's land — are becoming more reluctant to sign agreements with the logging companies , the RIC says , while developments such as the " walkabout " sawmill are allowing them to operate their own small-scale logging operations in a more or less sustainable manner . |
| 2 | I 've been helping him to find his feet a bit in Algiers . ’ |
| 3 | We have parents who seem to have lurched abruptly into grandparenthood , or who are nagging us to make them grandparents . |
| 4 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 5 | I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished . |
| 6 | The Spirit has been given us to enable us to understand not the future , but the gracious gifts God has already made over to us ( 2:12 ) . |
| 7 | I 'd had them sussed for ages and had been encouraging them to articulate their growing awareness of their lesbianism . |
| 8 | He might have been using it to make him feel good and as a means to escape boredom or because he feels under pressure to join a group who were sniffing . |
| 9 | The most upsetting thing was that it made her realise just how much she had been allowing him to guide her in the decision , putting her desire to leave the nurses ' home and her pleasure at Dr Entwistle 's recommendation very much in second place . |
| 10 | He 's been nagging me to take her back for weeks . |
| 11 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 12 | During yogurt-making , cultures are added which give it its distinctive fresh taste . |
| 13 | Although it has been electrofished I believe it 's not an efficient method of removing the smaller fish in the 4–5 oz bracket . |
| 14 | ‘ There is no question , ’ this view continues , ‘ that when animals in the sea are harvested we shorten their life . |
| 15 | I 've been wanting you to kiss me for absolute ages . ’ |
| 16 | Yes incidentally Steve Walsh has er that serious knee injury ligaments have been injured I think they 're still not sure exactly how long he 's gon na be out . |
| 17 | Had Gooch not been injured who knows what would have happened in the last two games ; but then , West Indies had their share of injuries , too . |
| 18 | need to know , need to know , I do n't know mum , I could n't tell you just erm stick it on before you go to bed just give it a bit of time to take the chill of it , alright , bye You can if you wish discard everything that 's just been said I mean my mother 's trying to book my holiday which does n't surprise me , , but then again she usually tries to anyway , where you going ? , what you doing ? , who you going with ? right , I shall tell you now the exam questions shall I ? , what do you want to know ? |
| 19 | One indication that Richard was still maintaining a more aggressive attitude than his father lies in the fact that when the constable of Gisors killed a French knight in a skirmish which occurred after the truce had been made he thought it wiser to take refuge with Richard . |
| 20 | There is in truth an element of fiction in both of these courses , and it may be sensible for policemen acting in concert to adopt the stratagem of issuing a joint warning , as for example by telling the actor that ‘ we are warning you to stop what you are doing . ’ |
| 21 | ( Only now do I realize how strong the desire in her for a daughter must have been to cause her to dress her youngest son as a little girl almost until the day he went to school , his fair hair nearly reaching his waist ; yet he had grown up a man . ) |
| 22 | But some of Mr Major 's close colleagues are urging him to use his mandate to start with a ‘ clean sheet of paper ’ when constructing his Cabinet . |
| 23 | Without exception the C E C are recommending you to accept them all but there is at least one where we 're accepting with a qualification . |
| 24 | Motion three eight two C E C are recommending you to accept it , all those in favour against that 's carried . |
| 25 | And motion three eight four C E C are recommending you to accept it , all those in favour against and that 's carried . |
| 26 | So well actually I 've been robbed you got your own villas . |
| 27 | Lord Aldington said : ‘ If you 're suggesting I knew they were behaving badly , then I did . |
| 28 | I think what Mr has said , is quite right , is that this is a carry forward for this year , and er , we 've , we 're clobbering it taking it up really is what we 're saying . |
| 29 | I think they 're let us know what they 've done . |
| 30 | They 've done before you realise it , and once they 're done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you 'd like to be and you 've lost your true self forever . ’ |