Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One important issue we have not considered is what happens to the individual once he or she is labelled as criminal .
2 ‘ They are either I-Control , who like systems , data and accuracy , things like that ; or they are I-Explore and like ideas and experimentation .
3 In the eighteenth century the scales of justice could be tilted in favour of a relative or friend , or it was feared that this was the case , unless strong interest was made in behalf of a litigant in order to ensure equity .
4 Or he was wounded and weak ; he had fallen ; Sam was standing over him .
5 And I am told that another Metro got similar treatment in Newtownards on that Friday evening .
6 But fundamentally what succeeds is what keeps people listening or watching and so forth , and I 'm suggesting that that 's something to do , it , it 's something to do with being interesting and relevant and catching the imagination of that particular audience group .
7 I am painting again and I 'm selling and that means a lot .
8 He added : ‘ John Devereux and Richard Eyres have been allowed to play in Australia this summer and I 'm suffering because other Widnes forwards are injured . ’
9 The beans have now reached the top of their 6ft canes and I 'm praying that any autumn gales will be delayed until the beans are all safely harvested .
10 Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico .
11 and , and I was wondering if that might kind of
12 I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump .
13 After a pause , she said , ‘ And you were hoping that one day she 'd give up seeing men altogether and have a steady relationship with you ? ’
14 ‘ Well , this Veronica wo n't put up with this — comes round the theatre between shows one night — really drunk — really — I do n't like that in a woman — and she 's swearing and effing and blinding — big shout-up with Steenie — going to tell his wife , all that .
15 But like er , she took it sch to school and Scott was giving us a lift to school so did n't have to walk and she 's in the car and she 's going if this gets if this gets all smashed up Scott I hope you realise I 'm blaming you !
16 Nicola from Chartbury in Oxfordshire is very worried about her younger son , and she is hoping that some of you may be able to help .
17 And she was determined that this would not happen .
18 She had never experienced anything like it , instant , total domination of the senses , and she was lost and helpless as she watched the dark head bend , the taut face come closer .
19 I was talking to a woman and she was saying that young people were n't the same in her day .
20 Also , as you all know , the festive season is fast approaching and in Glasgow the Committee will be helping to sell raffle tickets to raise funds for a good cause , every year we hold a raffle on the day of the Christmas lunch and we are hoping that this year we will raise a substantial amount .
21 All parking signs have now been placed in position as requested by the Committee , and we are assured that twelve parking places are to be delineated at the Nursing Home end , which should alleviate the parking problem .
22 The birds nests on the roofs of 81 , 84 , 110 and others have been reported to Messrs. Cresta , and we are assured that these will be attended to .
23 Well the judgment 's deserved on that but we 're hoping we 're gon na win it and we 're hoping that that is a beneficial thing to the other guards , but I would n't put any money on it .
24 But now it 's gradually starting to improve again , and we 're hoping that this will continue . ’
25 So a big change in the way that we are arranged has actually come about through the general management structure , and we 're hoping that this will give us more room , if you like to start looking at priorities , and to move the budget around in accordance with our feelings about those priorities .
26 That is to say that both bitmap and vector graphics are supported a la Corel 3 , but a lot faster ( and we 're told that this being a Beta version , there 's a fair amount of debugging code in the software that will slow it down .
27 It was at this time that we read Morgan Forster 's article in the Listener about George Crabbe and we were touched and interested enough to seek out a copy of Crabbe 's poems and I well remember my surprise in discovering a mid-19th-century edition in San Diego , I think .
28 So , er , we were having a drink , you know , and er this is after her father got done for er stealing you know , for hauling stolen meat , and we were sitting and all and Christopher was , and Michelle said , oh , and you know the way she gets on Bernard , like , oh you 're gon na have to come round to my house and we 'll have a really lovely barbecue and all , and there was steaks .
29 Then the fortunate staff who are still employed and they 're regarded as fortunate that you 've still got a job , because that 's what the management use repeatedly to professional people like nurses , sisters and other professional organizations who work within the Health Service , you 're very lucky to have a job .
30 In schools where this game is played , the school staff are called by the names of the officers and guards of the camp , the exits of the school are named after escape routes from Colditz Castle and they are treated as such when the pupils bicycle out of school .
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