Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ The two I particularly remember are building the new stand at Ascot and the construction of Central Point in London . ’ |
| 3 | To listen to her music , or to see Sharon Shannon live is to have the absolute truth of this assertion borne out . |
| 4 | The first thing they do is switch the bloody lights on . |
| 5 | What we do is to picture the current situation altered to the extent that Mrs Thatcher delays the election . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Eurocraft are making the Rapid Discovery , a hybrid craft intended to bridge the gap between canoes and rafts . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
| 10 | and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really . |
| 11 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
| 12 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ No doubt you 've been overseeing the physical takeover of your new business ? ’ |
| 17 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 18 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 19 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 20 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 21 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
| 22 | You 've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? |
| 23 | If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number |
| 24 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
| 25 | I 've been playing the Modern Jazz Quartet 's records over and over again . |
| 26 | They 've been testing the top-of-the-range model , the one with the voice activated selector , on site … |
| 27 | A growing queue of upper-crust drinkers have been seeking the heady relief at the ‘ gentlemen 's pharmacy ’ , D R Harris & Co , of St James 's in London — chemist to the Queen Mother . |
| 28 | Over the last year many people around the diocese have been exploring the Catholic faith , with a view to becoming Catholics themselves . |
| 29 | Immediately contracts have been exchanged the exact redemption figure should be obtained from the mortgagee . |
| 30 | We have been reversing the Labour Party 's neglect of the prison service in the 1970s . |