Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 When you 've been through death and live again you 're changed all through .
2 They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend .
3 Enthusiastic as some of the clergy may have been for war and seduced as they sometimes were by their own eloquence and propaganda for it , they were less eager about the burdens which it entailed .
4 The programs given in this manual are for demonstration and learning purposes ; they are not intended to be taken and used as working programs without modification to suit your needs .
5 Families are about love and trust ; law is the guarantor of distrust .
6 So I do just wonder if I could n't pick out point say 1 and 2 of Q P5 and 6 which are about booking and booking forms and confirming the commission of qualitative through to whatever is required during the run off of it and then add the quality control check and finally you have got this , the final review .
7 Very quietly he said with a pride and authority that seemed to surprise them , ‘ I am of Wrath and have much to learn .
8 Since Raymond-Berengar was married to the been of Aragon and ruled that kingdom in his wife 's name , he might have taken the title of king , but refused to do so , saying that it was better to be known as the greatest count rather than the seventh greatest king .
9 Management has no knowledge of selling overseas and , although educated by experience , has little knowledge of finance , economics , languages , etc. , which are of help when selling overseas .
10 The columns are of marble and have varied capitals of high standard — basket , Corinthian , Composite , and Romanesque types ( 184 and PLATES 28 and 29 ) .
11 This section considers some of the important demographic features of the older age groups which are of importance when considering future and current demands for health and social care .
12 If you 're after shareware and do n't want to pay a library for a disk full , the only other way is to either copy the programs from a friend or get on-line to a Bulletin Board System and download the programs from there via a modem .
13 Peop they 're like they 're like umbrellas that need unfolding and people say oh they 'll spread out and they 'll develop foliage well there 're similar sorts of trees on Castlegate and they 've been there about three years they 've done nothing in fact they 're dying .
14 You may find that you need to do this exercise several times a day when you 're under pressure or feel tense .
15 Hey Do you know I mean I know you 're into rock and roll but do do you like some of the Tamla Motown stuff and that sort of thing .
16 Leave it on when you 're in bed and see what noises you make
17 Are you taking that line because you 're in favour or opposed to it ?
18 I still have to wear gaffer tape on my hands when we 're on tour because getting the bass to work with magnetic pickups means using steel strings .
19 They 're on unemployment and do n't realise I saved for that .
20 You 're to bolt and bar the house up , she says to me .
21 Well why ca n't you walk down to the Co-op tomorrow when you 're at dancing and get one yourself .
22 Whether you 're at home or venturing outside , the cold war is definitely won .
23 Reality is a virgin whose virtue we all want to believe in , and , at one and the same time , an old whore who we 've all had and had and had again , until our eyes and ears are like genitals that have been rubbed raw .
24 The tendons , in turn , are like cords that transmit the force of the muscle to other parts of the limb skeleton .
25 He constantly ignored Bolingbroke 's maxim that Members of Parliament are like hounds that grow fond of the leader ‘ who shows them game and by whose halloo they are used to be encouraged . ’
26 They are like sharks that have passed under a steam roller , but they remain symmetrical and " the right way up " .
27 And he had adopted another theory of extinction , discussed but rejected by Lyell , wherein species are like individuals and die of old age .
28 ’ We are against doctrines that endorse the export of revolution or counter-revolution . ’
29 Mrs Bennet had been into town and brought back details of the damage .
30 After all , private-sector returns have been above 5% and rising for the past five years .
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