Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thing is , Barbs barged in at an inconvenient moment when my brothers were moving some stuff into my place , and they came over all paranoid and looked at her very old-fashioned , and while I know they would n't do anything to her , now she 's gone missing I ca n't help wondering . |
| 2 | My parents were discussing some incident in the past and , when I joined in the conversation to ask some question , they told me , as they often had on similar occasions , ‘ Of course , that was before you were born . ’ |
| 3 | In that respect , close contact has been established with leaders of the Council of Welsh Districts and the Assembly of Welsh Counties , and local government officers and my officials are paying detailed attention to the practical aspects of implementing the new council tax , including — as the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) said — the information technology requirement . |
| 4 | I ca n't say that my revelations were having any effect on the Inspector . |
| 5 | ‘ One of my regrets is leaving this project just as it has started to get off the ground , ’ said Det Insp Williams , who started out as a PC in the Cheshire Constabulary in 1963 . |
| 6 | The reason for this is that , while their husbands were drawing national insurance unemployment benefit , additional income to the household is not taken into account when determining eligibility for that benefit . |
| 7 | Now , if you had two horses up the front , you see th their heads are facing this way the engines , th starboard er , two engines you see and they all put starboard up first you know . |
| 8 | The rather crude experiment that Marie Gibbs made by putting the methylanthranilate in the chicks ' bills when their eyes were closed arid showing that this did not result in a change in receptors is one such test , but , because being blindfolded is itself scarcely a neutral experience for the birds , it ca n't be more than suggestive . |
| 9 | Here , as in the pollution debates over the hazards of sewage or acidification of lakes , the Commission and its supporters were applying one line of reasoning whereas environmentalists and scientists in other countries were applying another . |
| 10 | ‘ Set stocking ’ , in which animals are given free range over a relatively large area and not moved regularly , is the most labour-saving system of grazing . |
| 11 | Their funds were given special protection by an act of 1793 and by 1803 their number in England had reached 9,672 . |
| 12 | Thus the needs of children come first , because of their dependence and vulnerability , but the role of parents and other significant adults in their lives is given increased respect and consideration . |
| 13 | Incentives for the private sector included a five-year plan under which companies were promised gradual income tax reductions amounting to 11-15 percentage points . |
| 14 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
| 15 | The car did not normally carry passengers , but its seats were used that season by a small orchestra which played selections from ‘ The Gondoliers ’ as it made its romantic way along the Promenade . |
| 16 | More of her textiles are displayed top centre . |
| 17 | Decisions on priorities between these groups can generate some heat , particularly if students come to believe that their needs are taking second place to those of numerically smaller groups of faculty and researchers . |
| 18 | Three stone lighter and a virtual insomniac , she has campaigned tirelessly for their release and her efforts were rewarded last week when Michelle and Lisa were granted the right to appeal against their conviction for the murder of Alison O'Shaughnessy . |
| 19 | The chain of helpers worked hard swinging buckets of water from hand to hand between the village pond , fed by a small stream , and the burning manor , but their efforts were having little effect upon the fire . |
| 20 | She proposes an alternative model of mind in which feelings are paid sufficient attention , and in which , through language , they are seen to be intelligent rather than rational , non-rational or irrational . |
| 21 | The UFC 1989 Review 225 admitted that the numerical totals of publications were not found to be helpful in the assessment process , and their panels were agreed that quantity did not equal quality . |
| 22 | The UFC 1989 Review admitted that the numerical totals of publications were not found to be helpful in the assessment process , and their panels were agreed that quantity did not equal quality . |
| 23 | Indeed , their bodies were brushing each other when Ven raised an arm and , as if meaning to turn her away from him in the direction she must go , placed it around her shoulder . |
| 24 | The SSL now has a small exhibition area in which displays are arranged each month . |
| 25 | Firstly , patient selection bias would have affected the results if we ‘ picked and chose ’ ( either consciously or unconsciously ) which patients were to receive endoscopic examination . |
| 26 | It is constantly being pulled downwards by gravity , but its wings are performing active work — obeying laws of physics within its muscles — to keep it aloft in spite of the force of gravity . |
| 27 | The Institute of Trading Standards Administration , which told us that some of its members are finding follow-on credit a problem in some places , suggested to us that , by regulation , follow-on agreements should count as one single agreement . |
| 28 | This was a serious problem , and her instructions were to get any patient in this condition to the city hospital , eight miles away . |
| 29 | Many of the courses presented were thoroughly and lovingly prepared by lecturers from the polytechnics who fought hard at meetings with the officers of the CNAA and its panels to ensure that the school-centred elements in their courses were given due emphasis . |
| 30 | You can see their minds were built that way because of the problems they get into both philosophically and technically . |