Example sentences of "and [vb base] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was always disappointing to sight the Land Rover and anticipate being in camp in a few minutes and then have an hour to walk .
2 All that we can see , feel , touch , taste and hear is of one , all-pervading force — the god force .
3 Things that we perceive to be solid and separate are in reality just various forms of energy .
4 I mean , your record is for sitting at home and listening to and live is for taking it somewhere different . ’
5 All we do and say and think is for our country and our King .
6 ‘ I mean that , when the client suggested giving our sales force a taste of the product they were selling , I had to put it all together at ultra-short notice — and the only way I managed to get my people to drop everything and come was by stressing how much I relied on each of them individually .
7 The same passion , pride and hurt is in the playing and , illuminatingly , the purpose and intricate invention of the blues suddenly starts to take shape .
8 Even if the horse was not hurt , it is part of its biological heritage to remember the fear , and avoid being in that situation again at all costs .
9 Most of the horses I have bought in the past have been five or six years old , and have been at the stage of jumping around Discovery and Newcomer classes .
10 Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases .
11 Most leading merchant banks have established their own property investment departments and have been at the forefront of developing innovative methods of financing projects through equity and long-term debt .
12 Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years .
13 Spectators are there in thousands and have been since the previous day , before the roads were closed for the Tour 's progress .
14 Does he not realize that the people of Ulster are quite passively tolerating Dublin rule and have been since the 15th of November 1985 .
15 Election expenses are limited by statute and have been since 1883 .
16 The fifty drawings and 250 prints comprise the collection and antiquarian book dealer Georg Hirzel ( 1867–1924 ) and have been on loan to the Leipzig Museum .
17 All the drawings were published in a magisterial catalogue by Peter Fuhring in 1987 and have been with Hazlitt for the last eighteen months .
18 Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time .
19 As for people in Leeds being sick of the Manc hype , people in Manchester are sick of the Manc hype and have been for as long as people from Leeds have been tramping across the moors in their flares and Kickers to buy ‘ God created Manchester ’ tops and to dance at the Haçienda .
20 ‘ I am his girlfriend and have been for sometime , ’ she said last night .
21 ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years .
22 After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years .
23 ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’
24 ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time .
25 The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time .
26 Here in Scotland I 'm old enough to get married without my parent 's permission , and have been for a year .
27 And have been for years
28 And have been for years , because that does n't take into account the money that is made when , when you know , when , when , sort of development that we have , we have run from home .
29 Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done .
30 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
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