Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would n't necessarily know what was actually in all the crates . |
| 2 | But Minnie I ought to have suspected there was more to this kindness than appeared and so there is . |
| 3 | The commandos rehearsed their demolition exercises to the point of boredom , believing they were merely on another training course . |
| 4 | Overall , the European market for Unix systems rose by 11% in value last year , compared to 15% in 1991 , says IDC , which says it is now worth some some $7,600m . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't realize there was anywhere like that . ’ |
| 6 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 7 | At the symposium , ‘ Are You Prepared for IT ? ’ , hosted by Zenith Data Systems , Gates spoke out on object programming , saying he thought the concept was just another hype that extends far beyond the reality available today — having said that , he said to look out for Microsoft 's Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 ‘ during 1993 ’ , saying he was all for any technology that will enable the economical re-use of parts of programs . |
| 8 | She was sure it would get Edouard and his wife into trouble , and she kept saying it was only for another day or two . ’ |
| 9 | Some see this as indicating a constant relegation battle come the winds of March , but I believe it is only from such a lowly position , lulling opponents into a false sense of security , that we can wreak havoc on the rest of the League . |
| 10 | If you want information to go out at a specific time , time it very carefully , and just bung it out , as it were , and , and reckon it 's there at that stage . |
| 11 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 12 | He says she showed up at London 's Dorchester Hotel dressed all in black , nobody knew she was there at all . |
| 13 | It meant they were here for some time . |
| 14 | I thought it was just like any other party . |
| 15 | I do n't think he was ever in any position to keep the Russians au fait with American developments . |
| 16 | ‘ But I do n't think it was either of those reasons . ’ |
| 17 | But of course I did n't think it was awful at all , and was in fact extremely pleased with myself . |
| 18 | Right , I 've just got a , two or three minutes , I 've just wan na get something quickly done before we , we close and I 'm not gon na look up all the references , because your get them for next week any way in , in the house group , but , now , now in a sense it 's difficult to understand to take all this in after all his God and were people , how do we understand Jesus , it 's , it 's difficult , however knowing something about them does help us to understand something important , it helps us to understand what happened when Jesus ascended , when he went back to heaven , you see when Jesus arose from the earth the , the disciples who watch him it says there in Acts chapter one , they saw him go up in to the heaven , up into you know in a cloud , have you ever thought what that really means what on earth was it , they saw him go up in a cloud , can you image a sort of great clouds coming and dropping down over the mountain top there and was suddenly whisking Jesus up and then watching Jesus going up in this cloud into the sky , I do n't really think it was quite like that , have you ever wonder why it was that Jesus went up in a cloud , you see what was he doing , he was n't beginning a journey to some far off place in the universe , some distant corner where God the father was , he was n't doing that at all , what do you think a cloud can you , give any suggestions of what a cloud might represent because very often a lot of some of the language in the bible is picture language and it , it , it speaks as something else , what do , what do you think a cloud , does any body have suggestions of what a cloud might speak to us about , or speak to us of , sorry , power yeah , any thing else |
| 19 | That dog which had tortured me was there in that kennel . |
| 20 | ‘ And I hardly will get to know them if they think I 'm there on some different basis to themselves , ’ she had said . |
| 21 | I think we are nowhere near this . |
| 22 | To the delight of both children , we learned it was just below this spot that Bram Stoker 's Dracula leapt ashore from his sinking ship in the shape of a huge black dog , and slept on a suicide 's grave among the abbey tombs . |
| 23 | Well I think it 's probably off that other pattern . |
| 24 | Now I do n't wan na , want me to prattle on much more tonight , if it 's not worth speaking about , I think it 's probably about enough |
| 25 | You ca n't find it anywhere , you think it 's probably in that , that , oh look , |
| 26 | I certainly support er Mr 's amendment , and totally reject what is here in this democrat , er , er , proposal . |
| 27 | I 'm not sure that what 's bothering me is there at all , really . |
| 28 | No , you said you were there for half past five , because you had to get there before half past five in order to book it . |
| 29 | In print this wo n't look too good over breakfast , but I have to say there is more to this chapter of our being then we know . |
| 30 | ‘ I remember watching a cricket match ’ , he says , ‘ and thinking it was almost like some ritual dance , particularly the bowling : watching the guy contort and twist . ’ |