Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | My domino playing was at its peak and all that I was achieving was gained through natural talent . |
2 | I have a Crown Court appearance in Birmingham and as far as I 'm aware my solicitors have been in contact with the prosecution in this part of the country to explain the procedure and as far as I 'm aware the committal this morning was to be committed to Birmingham Crown Court with other offenses . |
3 | I have a Crown Court appearance in Birmingham and as far as I 'm aware my solicitors have been in contact with the prosecution in this part of the country to explain the procedure and as far as I 'm aware the committal this morning was to be committed to Birmingham Crown Court with other offences . |
4 | You know what my reasons have been in the past : I just do n't want to provoke interest in myself . |
5 | Nigel said , ‘ My whistles have been in use on a number of locomotives on different railways . |
6 | Cos my feet have been in them now , can you put these like that ? |
7 | ( 18 ) About four months before the time I am writing of , my Lady had been in London , and had gone over a Reformatory … |
8 | My beloved 's been in this cupboard and messed it all up . |
9 | that went out to erm making up argu , you know if you 'd fallen out with somebody you had to make up with them before the bells , and in fact what my granny did was to erm to empty the fire and to relay the fire for the new year |
10 | MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs . |
11 | MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs . |
12 | A lot of my downfalls have been over Christmas . |
13 | Friend the Minister for Trade on this subject and my officials have been in touch with his Department concerning comments that were made in Committee . |
14 | My aim has been in one respect identical to Paley 's aim . |
15 | We travel back and forth all the time between Canada and England , and my husband has been in nearly every country of the world on business . |
16 | ‘ My husband has been in the R.A.F. for nearly four years , but we had saved enough for the costs of a normal confinement in a nursing home , and as it was my first baby , we thought it well worth a little extra expense . |
17 | My job entailed being on call for shipping in the harbour and for this reason I was loath to live outside Stornoway . |
18 | She wanted to know — as I suspect you do — what my relationship had been with her late sister . |
19 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
20 | ‘ When I arrived for training this morning , my wife had been on three times and I thought something had happened to my little girl , who was in hospital over the weekend . |
21 | ‘ I 'm very glad to hear it , my dear , perhaps you 'd pass my comments along the chain of command , because , you see , my wife 's been in the party for 47 years and now she says she 's going to vote for that Natural Law doo-dah . |
22 | Jim there 's a Despatches programme on Channel Four next week where some of the work that we 've done on B S E is fea featured and my colleague 's been through it as well . |
23 | ‘ The constant worry all my staff have is of being transferred . ’ |
24 | I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! |
25 | There was often a special pride that the family were ‘ all in the trade ; ’ ‘ all my people have been in the dealing world ; ’ ‘ we 've been blacksmiths for generations ; ’ or they had been self-employed Portland quarrymen ‘ right back a hundred year back . ’ |
26 | You have no idea , have you , what my life 's been like ? ’ |
27 | The best moments of my life have been with music . ’ |
28 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
29 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
30 | So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic . |