Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] be [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the rumours of the Queen 's supposed adulteries were real enough and , given the prevailing double standard in sexual matters , much more shocking than the stories of the King 's mistresses , none the less if either of them ever had a romantic love affair it is likely to have been Henry rather than Eleanor . |
| 2 | First , tonally matched movements are more often than not interlinked by their opening motifs , which are chordal or linear , following the nature of the affect and the rhythms of the text . |
| 3 | Of course the boss 'd bosses were always there and he was a a right a right fellow you know , he was he he got blacklisted at , they could n't stand him . |
| 4 | While H.261 and JPEG standards are both more or less finalised , the MPEG standard is still under discussion . |
| 5 | Like all basically lazy people he was content to let things be not only when they were going well , but also when they merely appeared to be going well . |