Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 2 | ‘ I am pleased and excited that the Office of Communication 's long track record for media advocacy is being recognised by such a celebrated educational institution , even though we are only doing what the Gospels tell us to do , ’ said the Office 's Director , Dr Beverly J Chain . |
| 3 | ‘ You are not telling me the truth . ’ |
| 4 | We are not told who the petitioner is . |
| 5 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 6 | Yeah , but you 're only giving us the |
| 7 | They say they 're only doing what the local council would do if it was allowed . |
| 8 | In other words er pictures of er springs emerging from er Pennine moorland er backdrops etcetera etcetera they 're just to give you the backdrop . |
| 9 | I you see you 're not exceeding what the government is establishing as your target level , you 're falling short of that , and that means that some people will not get services that they would get if you had gone up to the level . |
| 10 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 11 | They 're not doing what the workers want . |
| 12 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
| 13 | You 're always give him the last sweet to him ! |
| 14 | Well , you do n't tell two old people that a year and a bit too late you 're out to find what the sticking power of their son will be when it comes to the choicer interrogation techniques of KGB . |
| 15 | Obviously , I 'm just giving you the down-side , if you 're going to be there in your office , and you know you 're going to be there , you 're not going to dash off , or if you are , you can hear your phone ringing , erm it 's very , very handy , and in fact it 's smoother , because the person phoning in gets to speak to the person they want to speak to , not half a day , half a week later , alright ? |
| 16 | Er , words and phrases , erm , not an asset , I 'm just wondering what the title below that , that one , er , inflexible , flexible , |
| 17 | And I 'm just wondering what the the knock on effect of that is in the visiting of the , the members who ca n't get into church and who ca n't receive communion in church , and who may like to receive it in their home , or in the home , where they live . |
| 18 | She was just saying ju it 's Dawn , I 'm just wondering what the arrangements were for tonight . |
| 19 | The member must be clearly informed what the charges against him are , including the facts on which the charges are based , and given a proper opportunity to answer them . |
| 20 | Find out who will be there to wake them the next morning , if you are not on duty . |
| 21 | The young people we surveyed felt completely let down by teachers and parents who are n't giving them the facts of life . |
| 22 | Well , I am here to tell you the opposite , and you 'd better believe me . |
| 23 | It can be related to Sinclair 's observation that examples of English are sometimes given which the analysis of actual data reveals do not in fact occur ( see page 76 ) . |
| 24 | I am there to give them the ultimate challenge and I do . |
| 25 | The words were merely describing what the book was about . |
| 26 | The Baptists of Amersham were only doing what the universal Church had done for centuries in insisting on partaking in the Communion as a sign of being ‘ in communion ’ with the church . |
| 27 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 28 | But they were NOT told what the bug was — or that other babies were affected . |
| 29 | His Quaker wife , the famous prison reformer Elizabeth Fry , felt members of her own family were also giving him the cold shoulder when they heard he was being ‘ investigated ’ by the Ratcliff and Barking monthly meeting . |
| 30 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |