Example sentences of "and [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I suppose one has to make a passing one has to make a passing er reference to the information which has come out in the other house erm and be publicised this weekend in the press but er er at one million almost one million a slug , M E Ps do n't come cheap , er I suppose one however would want to make allowances for the fact that they have three parliamentary buildings , that they have to go on trips and that er they have to pay er er I suppose German rates for their bureaucracy so there clearly are exceptional factors and indeed I would n't want to make too much of that . |
| 2 | We could take that and be stripped this week could n't we ? |
| 3 | We could sit in a meeting in the Sit(uation) Room and be discussing these other activities , and fall into almost a kind of , you know , warp in which you would n't know whether you were talking — I mean , the use of shorthand and so forth in the discussions you could n't tell whether we 'd suddenly slipped into this question of selling arms to get them back this way or whether we were still discussing the other thing . |
| 4 | People 's suspicions are quickly aroused , so from the outset the congregation must appreciate the purpose and significance of the exercise and be assured that confidentiality will be preserved . |
| 5 | Social Services Departments vary in the way they register childminders , but you will probably be visited in your home and be given some forms to complete . |
| 6 | It was bad enough , he felt , to be cast out by your family , be stuck working in ffeatherstonehaugh 's , and be spending all your spare time working for a degree , without additionally having the stress of falling over dead bodies : the boy needed his sleep . |