Example sentences of "[vb base] be [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data creation and data capture are at odds with each other ; the protagonists and the interpreters of history are still at cross purposes . |
| 2 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 3 | All you want is for things |
| 4 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 5 | The charities which benefit are for men and women . |
| 6 | ‘ I was always close to my mother and I like being around women . ’ |
| 7 | Strictly Hardcore is at Legends , and Happy House at Zig Zags . |
| 8 | One of the ways in which wars start is by nations trying to assert themselves by insulting , humiliating and attacking other countries . |
| 9 | Never mind what we think is in chromosomes — if babies can learn to talk and listen , then some sort of knowledge must be in there somewhere . |
| 10 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 11 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 12 | I know that you 've been through husbands until now th y y , the feller you 're living with , your seventh husband is not e , you 're e actually married to him . |
| 13 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 15 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 16 | Oh you 've been to solicitors this morning ? |
| 17 | And I learnt from various teachers that when you go to these private schools and they 've been to schools , they hold them back because they like , they do n't like the |
| 18 | I 've been on tablets all night . |
| 19 | You mentioned Stanford Hall then and you 've been on courses at Stanford |
| 20 | when they 've been on courses . |
| 21 | should be sitting down with staff who 've been on courses . |
| 22 | But er put it this way , I 've been on courses , like I would n't I use it . |
| 23 | Then she said , ‘ You 've been on nights too long . ’ |
| 24 | I mean I 've been at meetings where they ( IMG ) have said ‘ We 'll hand you ( rugby ) a cheque for $2 million ( £800,000 ) for the year . |
| 25 | They 've been at loggerheads with the Government over a ten million pound capping row . |
| 26 | You ca n't do , not when you 've been at pains to tell me what rubbish all this astrological mumbo-jumbo is . |
| 27 | I would have thought that you 'd be delighted to invite Calder back just to put your views across again , even though there is n't anything between you both , as you 've been at pains to tell me ! ’ |
| 28 | It 's a novelty , and I 've been with animals all my life . |
| 29 | I 've never told any of my girlfriends that I 've been with prostitutes because I know they would be horrified . |
| 30 | Oh I 'm alright , I says to him , I 've been in ships and . |