Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need to put a lot of energy into your work and career at the beginning of June , Virgo , when all you really want is to create a secure home environment for yourself ! |
| 2 | ‘ But right now , all I want is to lead a normal life . ’ |
| 3 | The last thing you want is to start an involved conversation because when you come to do it for real , it can all seem a bit stale . |
| 4 | Mrs Gojkovic said later : ‘ What I now want is to get a middle-of-the-range hotel to cater for the tourist trade in London … this is going to enable me to do this . ’ |
| 5 | The task these educational establishments face is to equip the surveying student with the basic skills of the profession and an ability to adapt to new circumstances . |
| 6 | ‘ The two I particularly remember are building the new stand at Ascot and the construction of Central Point in London . ’ |
| 7 | There 's nothing to suggest the crimes are connected at this stage but wqe are keeping an open mind . |
| 8 | And backs away , with what I believe is called a shiteating grin . |
| 9 | Even those they later reject are found a loving home with a member of the Force . |
| 10 | To listen to her music , or to see Sharon Shannon live is to have the absolute truth of this assertion borne out . |
| 11 | The road that they have created I think is having a damaging effect on the team and is making it more difficult for us to get the results . |
| 12 | Again , yo you , the figure staying the same , all you do is to move a decimal point two places . |
| 13 | What we do is to picture the current situation altered to the extent that Mrs Thatcher delays the election . |
| 14 | What they do is to introduce a new element into the concept of responsibility which involves more than free will and reason ; now a third party is present and is an active participant in the language game in which responsibility has a role . |
| 15 | So that 's how you arrange it like that , the first thing you then do is to tuck the spare bit under the hand , cos the hand then there anchors it for you |
| 16 | I head south after what I think 's called a hearty breakfast and an even heartier cough . |
| 17 | Eurocraft are making the Rapid Discovery , a hybrid craft intended to bridge the gap between canoes and rafts . |
| 18 | Even those that survive are given a severe check and often produce poor growth . |
| 19 | Legal moves have begun to evict thousands of travellers who 've been holding an illegal festival at a beauty spot for the past five days . |
| 20 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
| 21 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
| 23 | and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really . |
| 24 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
| 25 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 26 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 27 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 28 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |