Example sentences of "be [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman 's been phoning your office every day : wants to speak to you . |
| 2 | Mrs Brown has been lobbying her MP the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for help , even to the extent of standing against him in the recent general election . |
| 3 | He had been causing my friend a great deal of trouble , so , to shut him up , he had you make an implant of the man committing a murder . |
| 4 | You do n't have to say that but we all you know you 're you 're pulling their leg the whole time okay ? |
| 5 | Please do n't think you 're doing your horse a favour in cold weather by shutting his top door , because you 're actually subjecting him to all sorts of health hazards . |
| 6 | If you 're watching your weight the ideal period between weigh-ins is one to two weeks , says Dr Tom Sanders , Lecturer in Nutrition at the University of London . |
| 7 | Her mother , on the other hand , had been told her address the night before — but it seemed highly unlikely that Mrs Agathangelou would have splashed out on such an opulent bouquet to welcome her daughter to London . |
| 8 | With this successful venture now under their belts , the Alresford Society are turning their attention the pond itself , and considering the possible replacement of the ‘ shettles ’ , the ancient and now dilapidated sluices that control water flow from the pond . |
| 9 | ‘ With the current desk delivery some people are getting their copy a week after others . |
| 10 | ‘ With the current desk delivery some people are getting their copy a week after others . |
| 11 | Whilst windsurfing , by keeping the head level you are giving your body the best chance of keeping its balance beneath you . |
| 12 | In addition , there are undercurrents of ‘ nastiness ’ about Docklands development which are doing its image no good at all . |
| 13 | You are doing your sex a service , you know , ’ he finished . |
| 14 | But the Jaipur is hoping that eventually passengers will be eating their food the length and breadth of the country . |
| 15 | I 'm seeing my friend the video company owner today . |
| 16 | You may be improving your productivity every year . |
| 17 | I feel like I can be contributed towards for I must admit that , I do feel as though I could be pulling my weight a bit , especially when Chris worries about money . |
| 18 | Claudia , you may want to be checkin' yer motor every minute or so . |
| 19 | But back in the mid-Eighties he seemed to be taking his role a little too seriously . |
| 20 | So what I 'm actually saying is that I 'm making my objective an elephant , it 's too large i e if I wanted to eat an elephant , it 's too large an objective , but I could achieve it by what ? |
| 21 | Not that it 'd need to — Grandmaster Chess might be showing its age a bit , but if you can put up with its idiosyncrasies it 's a bargain at £1.99 , especially with Renaissance Othello thrown in for good measure . |
| 22 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 23 | ‘ How would you like , my dear boy ’ — Haverford appeared to be offering his Editor a unique opportunity — Jottings ’ from Italy this summer ? ’ |
| 24 | Thomas has been scratching his head a lot and appears to have nits in his hair . |
| 25 | Thomas has been scratching his head a lot and appears to have head lice in this hair . |
| 26 | I think some of the older managers and tenants have been bending his ear a bit about the problems of setting up catering . |
| 27 | At the same time as Endill and Mould were building their catapult an expedition had been organised to find the creature once and for all . |
| 28 | Unless he were to pay his godmother a second visit in as many weeks ? |
| 29 | The bidder appeared as soon as the stock market opened , but TVS boss Rudolph Agnew is keeping his identity a secret , although it is tipped to be US firm TCW Capital . |
| 30 | Walton was scathing : ‘ All that hullabaloo about somebody 's net worth is just stupid , ’ he complained , ‘ and it 's made my life a lot more difficult . ’ |