Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gestures they make are at one with their interesting footwork . |
| 2 | The various modifications which these organs undergo are of considerable taxonomic importance and are dealt with in the chapters devoted to the different orders of insects . |
| 3 | No , it 's alright cos someone 's rung up from home , say be in eight o'clock , so she wants to do something . |
| 4 | Which I suggest is after that workshop . |
| 5 | You may be asked for a replacement photograph if the one you supply is of poor quality . |
| 6 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 7 | This year 's ‘ local ’ booking they say is at Old Shildon Working Men 's Club on February 14 . |
| 8 | Anything you say is in absolute confidence . ’ |
| 9 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |
| 10 | When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas . |
| 11 | One point five inverse time , fifty six point three is in there , so the answer we want is minus two , one , three one , two , three , , seven , so add that to and I hear one , two , four , . |
| 12 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 13 | The funds they receive are for specific services — hence the term ‘ fund accounting ’ . |
| 14 | Most of the photographs I receive are of unsaleable objects , with a smattering from the lunatic fringe such as the lady from Virginia who wanted to sell the handcuffs used to detain Charles Manson when he was first arrested . |
| 15 | Despite some earlier hesitations , it is now certain that A commits the tort of intimidation against C if he threatens B with conduct which is unlawful in relation to B and thereby intentionally causes B to act ( or refrain from acting ) in a way which causes damage to C. It is not a requirement of this tort that B's conduct be in any way unlawful in relation to C. An old illustration is Garret v. Taylor , where the plaintiff was the lessee of a quarry and alleged that the defendant had ‘ disturbed ’ his customers and his workmen by ‘ threatening to mayhem and vex them with suits if they had brought any stones . ’ |
| 16 | They do not need to go erm and th th they they have their own positions and I think a lot of what they speak is of genuine concern . |
| 17 | I mean , Ride are from bloody Banbury , how happening is that ? ’ |
| 18 | The things that matter are in this book . |
| 19 | Well yeah look 's like that . |
| 20 | Therefore an adjective which has the effect of qualifying a property rather than an entity will not occur in ordinary predicative position ( nor in postnominal attributive position ) ; this prediction is confirmed by the unacceptability of sentences such as : ( 11 ) the sum of $300 she had to pay was total the lecturer who is to greet the Queen is mere a scoundrel complete must have taken my umbrella the cousins distant were put at a separate table If the adjectives in ( 12 ) are acceptable , reflexion shows at once that they are adjectives with more than one meaning , and the one which appears in predicative position is not that in which they are sense-qualifiers : ( 12 ) their village is distant and hard to reach burning his licence was wholly lawful the set complete is worth 1500 francs |
| 21 | Changes in the law may take time , but time is in short supply for pensioners . |
| 22 | If you are importing , the cheapest and most straightforward methods of settlement are by international payments in currency or sterling , and Midland offers three options : Priority Payments , where speed of funds transfer is of paramount importance ; Mail Payments , where there is less urgency ; and Bankers Drafts , which are particularly appropriate for low priority , low value payments . |
| 23 | We 've been without a Marshal nearly four months — not that I ca n't cope , but you know how it is when half the boys we get are on National Service and by the time you 've begun to knock them into shape they 're ready to leave . ’ |
| 24 | I remember being at primary school and the boys went to play football and you sat in the corner playing talking or the boys played football and the girls , would you believe it , got sex education ! |
| 25 | I remember being in one time , with both ends in , like I were talking about , and we have n't got a road out , we Matter of fact we were trying to break through to another district . |
| 26 | You know being in that kind of fighting feeling . |
| 27 | ‘ How dreadful for you , somebody you know being like that . ’ |
| 28 | Many courts rubber stamp them and those children who like being in secure units may not press to leave . |
| 29 | If you or anyone you know is in this position and you need help , support and information , then you can contact the Alzheimer 's disease Society . |
| 30 | All that we can see , feel , touch , taste and hear is of one , all-pervading force — the god force . |