Example sentences of "to be [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two things indepen , exist independently of one another , if they are to be checked one against the other , that is a major task which we better start attacking now if that is what required . |
| 2 | I would n't put it past him to be slipping something into the juice when nobody 's looking . |
| 3 | Visible now only in the panoramic view , the young woman appeared to be throwing something towards the few remaining Counsellors . |
| 4 | She seemed to be deciding something about the knitting in her lap . |
| 5 | No true blue inhabitant of Paradise Street or Mouncy Street ever needed to be told anything from the police ; they had ways of finding out . ) |