Example sentences of "[vb pp] [ex0] be [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around Ashton-under-Lyne , for example , where it was reckoned there were nearly a hundred cotton mills within a ten-mile radius — all on the river Tame or its tributaries — we find hamlets in the 1790s with the significant names of Boston , Charlestown and Botany Bay . |
| 2 | Well there 's , there 's still , as we 've seen there 's still a , a very big group of poor . |
| 3 | ‘ I said to the grave digger , in conversation with him , ‘ Look , are you in the right plot ? ’ and his answer was the priest told him to dig the grave opposite Patrick 's but when he came along he 'd seen there was already a burial there , who was the sister Annie , but had seen this vacant plot next door , so he had dug the vacant one . |
| 4 | The people were friendly , there was plenty to eat if they 'd wanted it , and from what he 'd seen there were quite a few unattached girls around . |
| 5 | Before an opportunity is actually found there is usually a preliminary sense that there is an opportunity somewhere in the area . |
| 6 | If the identification is confirmed there is now a precisely dated time marker that can be followed from its source in Iceland across the North Atlantic and the North Sea and onto the European landmass . |