Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with the number of claims soaring , insurers now reckon they are losing money — so they are tightening up the rules or backing out altogether . |
| 2 | Thereafter , a physiological change may cause them to develop a preference for fresher water so they are lured up the rivers , just as spiny lobsters , at a particular time of the year , are drawn to lower temperatures . |
| 3 | As for the Multiple sclerosis sufferers at Didcot ; they believe there 's enough evidence to give credibility to their treatment , so they 're keeping up the pressure both inside and outside the chamber . |
| 4 | Used to the my whole down there than it was hanging up the , really I mean |
| 5 | And if someone 's going down the shop |
| 6 | Oh cos I 'm going down the shop |
| 7 | ‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly . |
| 8 | It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go |
| 9 | From the vibration on the rope it felt like somebody was jumaring up the 300 tiring feet back into sunshine — some prussik ! |
| 10 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
| 11 | If she were to climb up the hillock and semaphore with her flags the signals would be clearly outlined against the sky . |
| 12 | She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold . |
| 13 | If you are carrying out the move yourself , with the help of some friends , then do not use tea-chests , they are too heavy , start scouring your local supermarkets and off-licences for as many cardboard boxes as you can lay your hands on . |
| 14 | If you 're checking out the bulletin boards for Scan , check the availability if a program called Update , which automates the installation of McAfee programs . |
| 15 | If you were to draw up the specification for the ideal material for electronic engineering , I guess it would be something combining the properties of the perfect conductor , the perfect insulator and the ideal semiconductor . |
| 16 | Discuss how your analysis would have been altered if you were carrying out the analysis on behalf of a prospective shareholder . |
| 17 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 18 | Cos you 're filling up the weeder bin and I want well anyway , we we 've got to get sorted out compost for it . |
| 19 | You know I would n't cos you 're going down the shops . |
| 20 | If everything is taken on the wing , some planning , certainly , can be carried out . |
| 21 | Mr. Anderson : If we are to fill up the beds in our very welcome Holiday Inn in Swansea , we need , as the Secretary of State will be aware , to clean up Swansea bay . |
| 22 | If we are carrying out the valuation of a private company which intends to float in the foreseeable future it should be borne in mind that the flotation will make the shares marketable . |
| 23 | For as well as suggesting that if we were to give up the view that most actions are autonomous we should have to give up a great deal else as well , it asserts that this transformation of our attitudes is actually beyond us . |
| 24 | Of course , if we were to add up the term in every market/island in the economy we would have the answer zero — the markets with below-average demand cancel out those with above-average demand . |
| 25 | If we were to wind up the POWs fund and pay out the money once and for all to all POWs that we could find , we could run into severe problems in the next 10 to 15 years as these chaps get very old and need help even more . |
| 26 | Since Fokine showed that dancers must also be able to act if they are to live out the story or theme , very few choreographers have used the almost static scènes d'action which stop the flow of dance . |
| 27 | The result was that yesterday they turned on us for information as to the number of men to be dropped , the weight of stores and the mileage and so on , all of which was essential for them to know if they were to fit out the aircraft properly . |
| 28 | Oh he was on the river he he was always connected with the river my father and in the First World War they towed the dredger from here to Ramsgate and er he was , he was in the Army but he was connected to the Inland Water Transport and cos they were dredging out the harbour at Ramsgate . |
| 29 | The goat went on climbing and nibbling , until it was peering down the chimney . |
| 30 | It 's like he 's squinting down the sights of a rifle at me . |