Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police think the man — who attacked a young woman in Brighton — is a transvestite or had been to a fancy dress party . |
| 2 | For the first episode , the house that crumbled was in a real North London street designated for demolition . |
| 3 | The prayer that occurred was in a small group and it was a prayer for power for the church . |
| 4 | It explains that ‘ the picture that emerges is of a group of people who were keen to engage in farming on their own account and who established themselves on a smallholding , often many years ago , but who have failed to progress beyond this first step in the farming ladder . |
| 5 | The picture that emerges is of a man both maddening and engaging in his inner spiritual drive , and in his search for a way of living appropriate to its demands . |
| 6 | The picture that emerges is of a grim tide of sociological , economic and policy factors that has simply washed many young people to the fringes of society . |
| 7 | However , in spite of having continually plundered Arabia through the centuries and taken thousands of its best horses , by the beginning of this century few of their descendants remained and those that did were in a very sorry state of deterioration . |
| 8 | She had recognised him instantly , though she had seen him in the flesh only once before and that had been across a crowded ballroom . |
| 9 | After a while she sat up and slowly began to undress to her camisole and her waist petticoat ; then , turning up the gas that had been on a low jet , she went across the room to the wash-hand stand and poured water from the jug into the basin . |
| 10 | Only once had I feared the heat of Egypt and that had been in a waking dream . |
| 11 | You would n't want one that had been in a smash anyway , it could |
| 12 | He told US financial markets that have been on a roller-coaster in anticipation of his victory that although he had campaigned on a message of economic growth he understood the importance of stability . |
| 13 | look , look you 're you 're you 're a guy that 's been through a lot . |
| 14 | now do I do n't suppose I 'm the only person that 's been in a pub toilet , a ladies toilet and I 've heard the females in the toilet saying what , exactly what they would like to do the males ! |
| 15 | What is most true and touching is in a dying fall , said hardly at all , or in a low , quick way or turning aside . |
| 16 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 17 | No , the fact remains that malaria is on the increase and has been for a number of years now . |
| 18 | Do n't because there is at present , and has been for a good many years past , almost nowhere to publish the stories you may write . |
| 19 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 20 | ‘ However , he damaged his spine over twenty years ago , after being thrown from his horse , and has been in a wheelchair ever since . ’ |
| 21 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
| 22 | If this sounds like a trite tear-jerker , the writing and acting are of a highly intelligent quality and Joan Knight 's production never becomes mawkish . |
| 23 | Cos append is like a path for data |
| 24 | It would be a fitting coincidence if United are in a position to win the title at West Ham next Wednesday night . |
| 25 | The employee was married and had been with a savings bank in a small town for more than 26 years . |
| 26 | The man was a fellow-American and had been on a tour of European branches for the previous three days . |
| 27 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |
| 28 | She was very tidy and had been as a child , she said ‘ I 'm obssessive ’ . |
| 29 | Septimus , who was a philosopher by nature and had been in a French prison before , made the most of his breakfast in a way peculiarly his own . |
| 30 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |