Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What upset me was hearing the door locked . |
| 2 | I mean I was picking the competencies off that er display and marketing guidance , interpersonal skills , group work , library and information work and equal opportunities . |
| 3 | I mean I was showing the figures and proved that er it was n't paying its way but to me it had always been our shop , you know , from when I was child and wonderful memories you know . |
| 4 | ‘ Never forget you are leaving the continent of dreams for the land of memory . |
| 5 | 1 comb ( for moment when you look into a magnificent eighteenth-century 18′ x 18′ mirror and suddenly realise you 're letting the whole place down with your unkempt hair ) |
| 6 | But the police say you are breaking the law in doing this . |
| 7 | Remember the successes , remember the positive improvements ( even look back to six months ago and find it difficult to believe how much better you are meeting the challenge of hearing loss ) and then tell yourself , quite truthfully , that you are growing every day in con |
| 8 | Former employees of Maxwell companies say they 're hoping the MPs new initiative could lead to them receiving some compensation . |
| 9 | And they say they 're lobbying the government for more cash to build new premises . |
| 10 | Police say they 're determined the catch the latest attacker . |
| 11 | Small businesses which have been losing trade to a new supermarket say they 're dreading the opening of a second one nearby , this autumn . |
| 12 | Trading standards officers say they 're losing the battle against computer game pirates who cost the industry twenty million pounds a year . |
| 13 | Trading standards officers say they 're losing the battle against computer game pirates who cost the industry twenty million pounds a year . |
| 14 | British Gas say they 're investigating the possibility that a fire had been left on , and unlit , all night . |
| 15 | They sell goods direct from communities in developing countries and say they 're selling the briquetters to encourage Eric Lamont-Gregory in his quest to export his invention to the third world . |
| 16 | Detective say they 're treating the death as suspicious . |
| 17 | Halcrows say they are stabilising the soil by pinning down the hillsides . |
| 18 | Oracle Corp and Ingres say they are supporting the product . |
| 19 | The three say they were issued the cash by a bank and did n't know it was phoney . |
| 20 | Rivals say it 's costing the Murdoch empire millions , when the Times is already loss making . |
| 21 | Say it 's to drain the West Bog . " |
| 22 | Most of the birds were pairs , and staff at the sanctuary say it 's devastated the centre 's breeding programme . |
| 23 | Most of the birds were pairs , and staff at the sanctuary say it 's devastated the centre 's breeding programme . |
| 24 | But , as Ronnie Convery found out , within the Church itself he 's under fire from some liberal Catholics who say he 's turning the clock back . |
| 25 | Police hunting a drugs importer who was involved in the death of a cocaine courier say he 's left the country . |
| 26 | I hope she was telling the truth . |
| 27 | ‘ I hope you are telling the truth , ’ Cranston tartly observed . |
| 28 | I 'm agreeably surprised to see it 's three thousand , I hope we 're getting the quality of advice that is necessary for such a large organisation . |
| 29 | ‘ This is a moment for the governors to take hold of things and show they are running the BBC . |
| 30 | Clear , I hope he 's clearing the salt up . |