Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I am enjoying myself playing with the autopilot , either adjusting the trim with the ‘ coolie hat ’ on top of the cyclic or playing disconnect , move and reset as an alternative .
2 A method of dealing with compound lexical forms has been developed which combines with the lexicon and allows the recognition of idiomatic phrases within the input .
3 The rebel officers had probably been given US blessing on the understanding that it would not bail them out if things went wrong .
4 Then comes the brand new world of school where new relationships are formed which belong to the child alone and are not necessarily anything to do with other members of the family .
5 Excluding its OEM partners , which include Fujitsu Ltd , Toshiba Corp , Fuji Xerox Co , Nippon Steel Co , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and other powerful players , Sun had an 11.4% share of the market last fiscal , putting it in fourth place , but if the OEM sales are included it shoots to the top with a 22.7% share .
6 The last time she had woken from sleep it had been to find herself looking into the blue eyes of a dangerous enemy ; now the enemy was a friend .
7 Terry Terry we 've been keeping him waiting on the line a long time good morning Terry .
8 When the rabbits are bolted they emerge from the exit holes — and entrances too — at some speed .
9 Where such detailed studies have been made they tend towards the typological and shy away from the technological aspects .
10 Police and medical advisers are urging anyone caught in the cloud to consult their doctors as the chemicals can cause severe irritation to the eyes and throat .
11 Erm , the other thing I 'd like to draw your attention to is para six point one , just a little tabulation there , because what they 're saying is that on the number of cuts per specification , that 's what exists now , er three hundred and twenty eight thousand , that 's about the same as this year , er if you go to the hundred millimetre cut , which is what we 're suggesting we do on a trial basis , the cost to the County Council will amount to another hundred and fifty thousand pounds a year .
12 ‘ FDC was the first step ’ , says Mr Johnson , ‘ and now we 're using it to feed into the EIS Commander . ’
13 you 're relax you speak in a totally different way .
14 And if you 're imagining I pine for the delights of the conjugal bed now my wife 's left me , you 're a bit off-beam there , too .
15 Because they 're going they go by the band road down south .
16 And I , and not only that , I mean , if they 're selling it to help with the poll tax , I mean all that money 's
17 Well , we 're getting them to go for a hundred , which sounds a lot , but the ground 's quite variable so , you know , some of it is really good planting land and some of it is n't , so , you know , it 'll be up to the teams to go for as many as they can .
18 ‘ You 're asking me to work round the police department here . ’
19 These have got the time signature in but you 're , they 're asking you to put in the bar lines and then grouping the notes properly .
20 ‘ And you 're saying it began with a Big Bang ? ’
21 ‘ You 're saying you went to the office twice then ? ’
22 And they 're keep us waiting for an hour .
23 And you 're making it sound like an interrogation .
24 They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’
25 We 're offering everything shown in the picture opposite — a Cottage bath , washbasin with pedestal and w.c. in Chablis , plus a set of Armitage Shanks ' new traditionally styled Hathaway taps in chrome finish .
26 He had never been told what to do by a designer before .
27 I was wondering if we ought to find out who 's decided to start using it again , and whether they really checked , I have been told they check on the source , but it 's like we 're slipping back gradually , and I thought if we said , if we pledged that we 're going to boycott timber , we should really keep to it unless we make a decision
28 She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’
29 Rather than waiting for inspiration he is shown with a pen in his hand , an unfinished manuscript on the table , and at his side a harpsichord on which we are to imagine him playing through the work in progress .
30 A series of record cards are produced which reveal at a glance the condition and effectiveness of the stock in each interest category , and an ‘ annual replacement target ’ is worked out which serves for the selector as the target figure of acquisitions for his category during the year .
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