Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 2 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
| 3 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 4 | Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights . |
| 5 | Each time they 've been reprieved at the last moment . |
| 6 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 7 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 8 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 9 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 11 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 12 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 13 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 14 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
| 15 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 16 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 17 | and they can put that on the recorder but I 've been told for the last two and a half years by this government that I am not unemployed . |
| 18 | So far , that 's what we 've been studying with the 8th note groove and the 16th note groove . |
| 19 | But as you say , switch off first and then still use a stick or something to get them away because it maybe the switch does n't work and maybe that 's why they 've been electrocuted in the first place . |
| 20 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
| 21 | Two projects in the area of personal and social development have been completed within the last year : |
| 22 | Sixteen houses have been completed in the first phase of a re-development scheme which will eventually remove all the 1960s-built flats . |
| 23 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |
| 24 | Is there any evidence that such limits have been recognised in the last 12 years ? |
| 25 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 26 | And now these fears have been compounded by a sixth profitability study by accountants Spicer & Oppenheim whose gloomy conclusions may well prolong the sector 's agonies further . |
| 27 | Although modelled growth rates for carbonate concretions imply that formation may take 10 5 years , these concretions are found in sediments that have been deposited in the last 50 years . |
| 28 | More controversial shots of a spoof wedding ceremony and a lesbian couple kissing , both featuring bare breasts , have been placed in the second of two rooms housing the exhibition . |
| 29 | It appears that two campaigning groups against genital mutilation have been developing in the last ten years within and outside Africa . |
| 30 | Of particular interest , given that rates of divorce have been rising over the last two decades , is whether relatives commonly provide housing for people who have separated from a married or cohabiting partner . |