Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're getting her ready for the skid pan . ’ |
| 2 | And you 're doing your utmost at the other end straining , trying even harder and harder , the harder you try often the worse it gets . |
| 3 | The parents say they 've not been told anything official by the Faithful Foundation . |
| 4 | In October 1795 they settled together at Racedown Lodge , Dorset , a house which had been offered them rent-free by a Bristol family , the Pinneys . |
| 5 | It 's an , a small number of , of viruses which constantly shift , and the WHO organisation which monitors flu viruses around the world , is responsible for seeing that the vaccine is made from strains that are in circulation currently , and , and we 've been getting it right for the last ten years , so I , I think there 'll be no problem this year . |
| 6 | Kinnock was saying to erm the candidates , you know , we re I realize that a lot of you are getting it rough at the moment , cos there 's about five Labour |
| 7 | Those still with troublesome suspicions should have asked themselves how Pakistan 's fast men could have survived the Cornhill Test series had they been doing something illegal to the ball while on view not only to alert umpires and batting opponents but to thousands of onlookers at the various grounds and before the probing eye of television . |
| 8 | Erm oh there were a thousand and one things I I ca n't really erm you know they they were always they were at it hammer and tongs you know they had er s what would be called something similar to a steam hammer and you know . |
| 9 | They were reducing it , they would be calling it childish in a minute . |
| 10 | It might strengthen my case to appeal to apparently neutral , non-political standards but I do not suppose that I would be saying anything useful about the nature of cognition . |
| 11 | Concurrently with this programme the governors should be making themselves familiar with the roles of centrally based staff who could help them , such as special needs advisers , psychologists and support teachers , and seeking their help in interpreting the authority 's statements on policy and procedures . |
| 12 | The Lions assemble on Friday April 22 and Clandeboye Golf Club will be making itself available for an amalgamation of sluggers , hustlers , and single-handicap players to get into the swing of things . |
| 13 | Coleman 's first job for NARCOG would be to get it operational as a listening post to monitor Lebanese radio traffic and to keep track of shipping movements in and out of Lebanese ports . |
| 14 | Once again , we are making it clear to the Minister and putting it firmly on record that , in its present form , the Bill does nothing to make it likely that the Government 's words , which have been employed to make the Bill more politically acceptable in Scotland , will be translated into reality . |
| 15 | Jim D'Avila Deputy Leader of Thamesdown Borough Council says much of the private investment in Swindon depends on private companies and they are finding it hard in the recession . |
| 16 | He described how the ladder was to be set up against the wire , how people were to clamber over and how they were to swing themselves clear through the gap at the end . |
| 17 | He said this as if it were obvious , as if he were explaining something self-evident to a small child . |
| 18 | In his speech , De Michelis urged EC countries to devote at least 0.25 per cent of their gross national product ( GNP ) towards investment in the Maghreb countries where demographic pressures were rendering them vulnerable to the forces of Islamic fundamentalism and encouraging mass migration to Europe . |
| 19 | They were carrying something heavy into the house . |
| 20 | I would even say something nice about his new-fangled haircut if he were to say something hopeful to the London borough of Newham . |
| 21 | If , having chosen not to take advice , they took the same tack with the process of law once started , and thought that by ignoring it or defying it they could halt it , they were laying themselves open to an even ruder shock . |
| 22 | Later technical changes in transport were to make it possible for the city to change its nature by spreading out great suburban dormitories , and electrification would help to decentralize industry . |
| 23 | ‘ What would you think if I were to bring someone new into the family ? ’ |
| 24 | Again , the more the merrier … we are leaving ourselves open to a few ‘ active ’ neutrals who will try and stir things up … but its always easy for gav to exclude any twats … if it gets a bit too fruity of course … nothing wrong with a bit of friendly banter and discussion . |
| 25 | The strategy we put in place in 1989 is proving itself robust during a period of great volatility in the industry . |
| 26 | My view is that the religious believer who makes a credal statement such as ‘ I believe in God ’ is affirming something similar to the believer in ghosts . |
| 27 | The effect of such an agreement between a creditor and a third party with regard to the debt is to render it impossible for the creditor afterwards to sue the debtor for it . |
| 28 | My main ambition is to play something magical on the piano . |
| 29 | We are pulled this way and that , but the effect of these contradictory pulls is to leave us fixed in the middle . |
| 30 | In the water training this weekend is Cheltenham swimmer Kevin Morris … he 's getting himself ready for a world first … and that 's to swim the channel backstroke … it 's never been done before … |