Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both straining to reach , leaning forward as far as they could , agonisingly aware that the door and its ring handle that might have given them some leverage were out of their reach , when another sound fell on their ears . |
| 2 | And probably he would have found the Whistler more understandable than the pop star whose gyrations would surely have convinced him that man was in the grip of his final , manic St Vitus 's dance . |
| 3 | ‘ We believe that we might have had it this year were it not for the election . ’ |
| 4 | Do n't try to tell me that life is fair . |
| 5 | ‘ I know it 's difficult to talk , but I do n't have to tell you that time is short . |