Example sentences of "[adv] be [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | at ninety five , but I do n't know how long we were , how long were we at hundred and eleven ? |
| 2 | So is anybody in immediate problems at the moment or you 're o Okay , so , I 'll , it 's your chance now to do some work then for the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 3 | Not only is she in excellent condition , but her lovely teak decks and customized interior put her head and shoulders above her sisters . |
| 4 | The Roll of Kenilworth had indicated that there was no legitimate Deveril issue so was she of some bastard line ? |
| 5 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ said Dexter , through a mouthful of chicken tikka masalla , one of the few Indian dishes he could stomach , ‘ there might just be something to this drugs thing . ’ |
| 6 | There had still been nothing of that kind from John 's kidnappers and for the first time I began to have serious doubts about whether he was alive ; I began to feel less sure of it deep inside , where it mattered . |
| 7 | There 've always been plenty of kindly brother officers to bring it to my attention . |
| 8 | ‘ I have always been one for good manners , I like people to say please and thank you , ’ says Marjorie Gedge . |
| 9 | It is important for the prosecution case to try to identify the tyre by taking the tyre or batch number which will usually be something like 824927 E , on the tyre wall in letters and figures about I cm high — in about a quarter of all checks the number is nonexistent or illegible and the police officer should try to remember other forms of identification such as marks or scratches etc. on the tyre . |
| 10 | ‘ How much further is it to this hotel ? |
| 11 | Lacuna came to a stop behind her , and pulled her gently into an embrace that for once was nothing but tender . |
| 12 | In fact erm , what we agreed yesterday was one on this paper , two and three followed from it , erm , but were not actually moved , at the working party , because it was me who did the moving . |
| 13 | The first part of Kemp 's day had probably been something like this : |
| 14 | Norman said : ‘ There will also be lots of local initiatives , concentrating on specific areas and specific problems . ’ |
| 15 | Petty cash systems vary in different businesses , but the procedure will probably be something like this : |
| 16 | Your answer will probably be something like this Bearing in mind that we have already allowed for sleeping , eating and formal classes in the full week , the balance represents 4½ working days at 8 hours per day , available for private study . |
| 17 | did a big wash the other day so they 're all ready wo wo n't be long and the clothes she 's wearing now are nought to three months . |
| 18 | ‘ How often is he like this ? ’ |
| 19 | Well I think it is They ought to last a fair time they I mean it 's not gon na be abused really is it at those windows ? |
| 20 | In keeping with Sandie Macleod 's fighting on behalf of the clans , the Laird himself , although straitened by low incomes from his estates , had never racked his rents and as a consequence , says Boswell , ‘ so far is he from distressing his people , that , in the present rage for emigration , not a man has left his estate . ’ |
| 21 | Here are lots of low-fat sandwich filling suggestions — many of which are moist enough to use without butter , margarine or low-fat spread . |
| 22 | As his eye travelled over them , the trepidation which Huy had felt turned to contempt , and then to pity , for here were nothing but sorry fragments of imagination . |
| 23 | Now all I can think of doing is pushing it , you can push the turner things into chips then you 've only got to chop them one way if you see what I mean , like erm , well is it worth these doing anything else ? |
| 24 | Here 's one for all you Star Trek fans , basically this is a windows version of the very popular EGA Startrek . |
| 25 | Hey , here 's one from left field . |
| 26 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
| 27 | In the case of writers whose taste is to be trusted the very oddness of a recipe often means that here is something worth special investigation . |
| 28 | The service we have given here is one without individual confession . |
| 29 | Gauge people 's reaction you know as I said to you earlier are you with that Mike because of all I had contact and I thought I saw you |
| 30 | ‘ If people are prepared to look around there are plenty of good deals available on diesel as well as petrol models . ’ |