Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You do n't have to say that but we all you know you 're you 're pulling their leg the whole time okay ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Whilst windsurfing , by keeping the head level you are giving your body the best chance of keeping its balance beneath you . |
| 7 | Simply fill in the order form at the end of this section and you could be using your discs the next day . |
| 8 | But the Jaipur is hoping that eventually passengers will be eating their food the length and breadth of the country . |
| 9 | I 'm seeing my friend the video company owner today . |
| 10 | But her very presence seemed to be wrecking what chance the company had of any success . |
| 11 | It remains to be seen what effect the moves will have on the Open Software Foundation' plans for AT&T-free versions of its Microkernel-based OSF/2 operating system , using a mixture of Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon code . |
| 12 | It remains to be seen what effect the Government 's deregulation will have on the dissemination of Christian music through radio and television . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , demand for Unit 's pallets continues to be strong , although it remains to be seen what impact the slowdown in the economy will have on its prospects . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm feeding our horses the same mash the O'Brien 's used to win Gold Cups , Grand Nationals and the Derby . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm telling you Major the one thing you do n't do is agree with them . |
| 16 | Parish Council chairman Peter Foster yesterday said so many people were booking their plots the village was running out of burial space . |
| 17 | As the bell rang to signal the start of the Christmas auction of holly , mistletoe and wreaths , buyers were wondering what effect the recession would have on prices . |
| 18 | When three-year-olds were asked what colour the card was really they typically said ‘ blue ’ . |
| 19 | In the Kingsbury furniture store opposite W H Smith , manager Davie Glover , 39 , claimed police were herding his staff the wrong way . |
| 20 | Where the skill comes really is when you get a large number of aircraft , and it 's using your aircraft the most efficient way you can in the shortest possible time , so you have n't got people hanging around wasting good fuel , you want them ideally plugged in and taking fuel . |
| 21 | Maybe their system 's organized differently , but fundamentally the problems are the same and that 's given our people the confidence that they needed because they 've been able to see that people everywhere , it 's not just them isolated in , in , you know , Tory Britain , who are facing these particular difficulties , but issues of privatization for example as the same in France and actually about to get much worse , er but , and , and I think that helped erm our colleagues from France who 've also got a perspective on their struggles and their battles we 've been able to support one another with information about companies working , multi-national companies working on both sides of the Channel . |
| 22 | The aim of the research is to discover what impact the HSW Act 1974 and the SRSC Regs 1977 have had on occupational health and safety in the print industry and to what extent the Robens philosophy has been relevant to joint regulation . |
| 23 | yeah , absolutely , erm I think partly those things are to in when people pump out loads and loads of references , partly it 's to indicate which studies the ideas , information , evidence have come from |
| 24 | ‘ And what is troubling my lord the Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon ? ’ |
| 25 | So , for your next GasWarm development , remember how cost effective it is to give your customers the fuel they prefer . |
| 26 | And now he is teaching his son the tricks of the trade . |
| 27 | What is unusual about this resource is that at each point in the dialogue it is known what idea the speaker is trying to express , and what information the hearer has which provides the context for its understanding . |
| 28 | The ad shows a crook gazing at the busty , mini-skirted girls and asks : ‘ Who 's giving your bag the eye ? ’ |
| 29 | One obvious , important factor is to consider which publication the journalist is from . |
| 30 | He 's allowed his pub the Red Lion in Northleach , to advertise vacancies supplied by the jobcentre . |