Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had been to see him the previous day , and arranged that he come and teach me Dutch . |
| 2 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
| 3 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 4 | I am writing you a joint letter this time , as I forget who I sent my last card to . |
| 5 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 6 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 7 | ‘ You are serving us the fermented grapes from Noah 's vines ? ’ |
| 8 | Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way |
| 9 | The great thing about the game is that you 're teaching them a little bit of culture |
| 10 | And then we we 're sending them the net list and saying there 's your new le er price |
| 11 | Oh well now you 're asking me a tricky one . |
| 12 | we could actually make you a bit bit A lot better than this , and I think the time has come to adjust how we 're treating you a little bit . |
| 13 | exams time , date , I think we 're having it the earliest of the lot , for some stupid reason because Mel does n't appear to be having them till late either . |
| 14 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 15 | A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves . |
| 16 | Erm we 're doing something a little bit more sophisticated . |
| 17 | Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’ |
| 18 | Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying |
| 19 | No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason . |
| 20 | I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see . |
| 21 | er we do n't have to po er , you see , it 's to do with school anyway , but they 're giving them a packed lunch so I believe . |
| 22 | This takes place in late November and on two separate evenings we fill our largest lecture theatre with local school children from both sides of the county , sometimes a little bit further afield , and that means that we 're giving them an illustrated lecture by one of our more distinguished colleagues , and we entertain and inform , I think , something like eight hundred school children every year in that alone . |
| 23 | You 're giving them the perfect opportunity to cut in again . ’ |
| 24 | Erm we 're giving them the appropriate and suitable skills to be able to do their job . |
| 25 | You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher . |
| 26 | ‘ They 're giving us the extra points ! |
| 27 | The gauntlet was down , the opportunity to talk to arrange a forum , to come together , land owners , local authorities , the hunt 's people , er the interested parties , to come together and look for a decent way of hunting and that way is probably drag hunting and we 're giving you a golden opportunity to start that route . |
| 28 | er to make sure that we 're giving you the right platform to earn money to keep all of your er aspects going . |
| 29 | But the girls really want it and we 're making it an all-girl event . |
| 30 | ‘ Mister , you 're givin' me a hard time , you are , and just when I 'm thinking I 've met a real gent for a change . |