Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best thing one could do I think is to go back to past trends . |
| 2 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 3 | ‘ What I want is to get out of here ! ’ |
| 4 | After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all . |
| 5 | Within minutes the car was free , and before I could thank the young farmer I 'd been invited back for a cup of tea and some hot broth . |
| 6 | Rayleen did n't find anything else broken , though she seemed convinced I 'd been run over by a steamroller . |
| 7 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 8 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
| 9 | I 'd been brought up on heroic stories |
| 10 | Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country |
| 11 | It was quite away from the area I 'd been brought up in , but I got to like it and make friends , and I got more independent . |
| 12 | ‘ I wish I 'd been brought up in one of these , ’ he said , ‘ rather than a tower block . |
| 13 | Which would presumably be the one I 'd been brought out through . |
| 14 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 15 | I 'd been going out with Heather on and off , with one or two other girls in between . |
| 16 | ‘ The anti-aircraft rockets I fired were propelled up to a height of 1,000 yards . |
| 17 | Well , you 're sitting looking very smart here in a suit , which I suspect is made out of organic fibres and the tie , which I suspect is made out or artificial organic fibres , and the shirt looks remarkably artificial too . |
| 18 | All I remember is waking up in a prison cell with a colossal headache . ’ |
| 19 | The only outings I remember being taken on as a child were once with the school to the zoo and once by my mother to a seaside promenade . |
| 20 | ‘ How could I have been taken in by his charm ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I love being spied on by the enemy , ’ I mutter , and turn my face the other way . |
| 22 | Well I know but I 'm talking about , with break ins , I mean , people are a a I think are getting on with it and there 's no deterrent for the |
| 23 | ‘ All I did was come out for a walk before going to bed , and I was about by that place where the bank 's caved in , when somebody jumped me from behind . |
| 24 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
| 25 | Typical of the man , Ashe seemed more concerned about my welfare , hearing that I had been beaten up outside the stadium by a stick wielding Army officer , than his own . |
| 26 | I told her that I had been involved in one of the IRA attacks when I had been blown up in the Brighton Bomb , and that I had friends and colleagues who had been badly hurt or killed . |
| 27 | I woke stiff and cold , feeling as though I had been scrunched up like a paper bag . |
| 28 | And the question I had been holding down with my domestic frenzy , my sorting and tidying , my focus on Matter , burst through : would the decay have set in ? |
| 29 | I said I had been knocked out by a shell-blast . |
| 30 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |