Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them .
2	My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues .
3	I 've been seeing her for 3 and a half years .
4	I 've been seeing her for three years . ’
5	This happens when a succession of items are placed one after another in a sentence without words to indicate their order or importance .
6	Then make up a minimum of 650 calories ( more , if you are allowing yourself between 1,000 and 1,500 a day ) from Fibre-Filler ( see page 65 ) and the meals on the F-Plan menus .
7	After all , you are seeing him in ten minutes . ’
8	Er er simply er that the various upper case items which are listed one to twelve , are backed up in lower case script .
9	‘ I am devoting myself to this mystery because i want to be a man . ’
10	My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’
11	he would n't of been touching it with this .
12	Oh he said well I have n't been handling it for six weeks I said .
13	The salutation seemed to open infinite possibilities , and expressed a recognition of his right to travel ; he felt welcomed , and also saw that he had been given something of inestimable value .
14	Most youths and even small boys wore a strip of hide around their wrists or ankles : this had been given them with appropriate blessing to bring them success when they became warriors .
15	He did one thing in Hollywood for which he has not been given anything like sufficient credit .
16	Sitting in her window , she commanded a good view of the vicarage garden and of the ‘ object ’ whose identity had been puzzling her for some days now .
17	I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same .
18	You will no doubt have been assisting her in basic matters connected with the running of her home while she is still in a state of shock following her husband 's death , for at this point even the most capable women sometimes find day-to-day planning and decision-making very hard to cope with and need to be eased gently back into their normal routine .
19	Not simply because it shows that you are enjoying yourself at that moment but because it actually contributes to your physical and mental health .
20	Meanwhile the scholars are bracing themselves for more arguements .
21	‘ I am using it in yarn-dyed form for things like Tencel/rayon chambray for jackets and dresses .
22	but , because I 've been knocking it off that bit earlier
23	The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’
24	After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’
25	There was a time when this entire hillside had been covered in forest but , being closest to home , the trees had been felled one after another for building and firewood .
26	All the way home , pedalling furiously , she had been nerving herself for this confrontation .
27	And if you are to provide them with decent motives for a murder , and decently different ones as well , you will need room to do it in .
28	Medics are keeping her under intensive care but say she is making satisfactory progress .
29	‘ I am opening myself to new possibilities . ’
30	If you are driving them near known pipe or cable runs , take care not to pierce them ; it 's best to drive the new nails as close to existing nail positions as possible for safety .

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