Example sentences of "be [adj] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There you are that 'll perk you up then . |
| 2 | ‘ Above all we must ask are we providing the evidence to customers ( whoever they are that will enable us to secure a successful outcome for all of us in AEA ’ . |
| 3 | A more promising strategy is to ask not how or whether a deviant sentence can be corrected , but what the minimal changes are that will render it normal ; then we examine the nature of the changes . |
| 4 | But just to make even surer , I am going to ask you to tell me what the three things are that could make you rich . ’ |
| 5 | Certainly , those who aim to buy when prices are low and sell when they are high can find plenty of Peps where the unit or share price now stands below its former peak . |
| 6 | To me it is a worthwhile occupation and one which I am convinced will stand me in good stead for the rest of my life . ’ |
| 7 | The only certainty is that those nations that are victorious will write what is later termed ‘ history ’ , and will do it in such a way as to justify their actions . |
| 8 | If you 're interested could follow it up . |
| 9 | Have not we reached a pathetic state of affairs when , as a result of the 1988 decision , 75-year-old widows in warden accommodation can not have a free television licence , yet others who are younger might receive it because they qualified before 1988 ? |
| 10 | There are many can tell you what I suffer at his hands though I serve him as best I can . |
| 11 | I note his comments about the representation of Scottish Labour Members on the Standing Committee , but that is a matter not for me , but for the Committee of Selection , which I am sure will hear his words . |
| 12 | ‘ I have got an appointment for young Walker for Madras instead of Bombay which I am sure will please his friends ’ , David Scott told his agent in St. Andrews , on one occasion . |
| 13 | During the next few days , I hope you will all feel free to take part in our meetings and discussions which I am sure will assist us with our decision making . |
| 14 | What other books might there be that could give him a bit of elementary information ? |
| 15 | ‘ The steerage passengers must go through quarantine , which I 'm afraid will delay them considerably . |
| 16 | Some children may be prepared to chew on finger foods like toast or biscuits but a lump in a spoonful of food that they expect to be mushy can upset them . |
| 17 | ‘ In here are some facts and figures that I 'm sure will interest you . |
| 18 | Well next spring , in May of next year , we 're looking to put a trip together to go to the northwest of the country , to Old Trafford , obviously er Manchester United 's home ground , also to Anfield and also to a couple of er other places that are n't sort of sporty but I 'm sure will interest you . |
| 19 | had her operation and that everything 's going well , and I 'm sure will take our best wishes to her , when er , he goes home after the meeting . |
| 20 | As Citrine had earlier told his colleagues , a tactical retreat of accepting the Minister 's suggestion and then showing it to be ineffective would enable them better to assert their independence in future . |
| 21 | Those people who were interested would read them |
| 22 | Being taller would make her look slimmer , although she was quite slender now . |
| 23 | The seventh degree being flat will give you more of a blues feel , as opposed to the normal seventh as found in a major seventh chord ( 1st , 3rd , 5th and 7th ) which I discussed in my July ‘ 92 column . |
| 24 | In my own relatively trivial example what struck me forcefully was the assumption that being born in Canada seemed to make me more ‘ one of us ’ in the Immigration Officer 's eyes than ‘ one of them ’ , despite the fact that , within terms of the European Community , being Irish should make me far more of an insider . |
| 25 | Not just because it would ruin the trust that my relationship is built on and that I so much believe in , but because being unfaithful would require me to be the kind of woman I choose not to be . |
| 26 | Apologising and being self-deprecating can let you off the hook . |
| 27 | Being object-oriented will make it easier for users to move partitioned code around . |
| 28 | But I mean that 's that 'll cost them five hundred quid alone just for |
| 29 | Furthermore , an incorrect diagnosis will merely result in the tradesman replacing a wrong component or unit and when he tests to see if the fault is clear will find it is still there . |
| 30 | Okay there 's three let's pretend they 're pizzas say three pizzas share that out between twelve people . |