Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence takes a deep breath and starts off again , with this massive approach , comes in now to , it 's short and it ends in a way I think probably off the body , he tried to take the bottom hand away again , that , that they do seemed to be trying this angle of attack at him , as Botham there at leg gully and a short leg and they 're trying to be , do n't forget the balls at 's ribcage , he 's certainly troubled by that one . |
| 2 | And since most visitors have time only for one visit to Milford , you again will probably have to be make this trip as a passenger , either in an aircraft or a coach . |
| 3 | The plan for 1988 was that the discount rate was to be fixed each month at 1 per cent above the equivalent annual rate of increase in industrial prices in the previous month . |
| 4 | Autistic children have to be taught such basic skills from behind , using their own hands . |
| 5 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 6 | The Brahman Centre for learning mental skills is in Provence and you 'll be one of a select few at a time to be taught these techniques . |
| 7 | Werewolf and I were numbers three and four in the queue and the Sergeant had to tap his watch a couple of times as Werewolf seemed to be requiring more help than the rest of us from Private Boyd in getting his belt on . |
| 8 | By March 5 troops loyal to Saddam Hussein appeared to be achieving some success against the rebels . |
| 9 | ‘ You ought to be meeting more boys your own age , not letches like Bas and the twins . |
| 10 | We 're going to be meeting more regularly in the next er few month and we want to know what |
| 11 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 12 | In fact , as early as October 1 , when your ruler Neptune is challenged by Jupiter in Cancer , you will realise that money is really only half the battle or problem you 're facing this month — because someone appears to be breaking all the rules , if not breaking your heart . |
| 13 | ON 13th May , 1992 the Holy Father formally established a new World Day for the Sick to be observed each year on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on 11th February . |
| 14 | Figure 2.3 illustrates a production flow in the TV industry with just three stages , but these would have to be extended many times to include all the firms involved . |
| 15 | Trial two consisted of crop dusting 21 males aged 22 to 50 years for three consecutive days ( only 12 men remained to be sprayed all three days ) . |
| 16 | However , whereas a conventional model will tend to go on flying , the model helicopter needs to be flown all the time and the risk of a crash due to disorientation is much greater . |
| 17 | Criminals are n't too bothered about the er problems they cause victims in the commission for their crime , but er as a general rule er they do draw a line somewhere , but I think to er rob a lady who is er presumably grieving over the loss of a relative , at the graveside , has got to be plumbing some new depth of er depravity and er I 'll expect the erm vast majority of the citizens of Banbury will think similarly . |
| 18 | These Paul I 'm supposed to be writing all . |
| 19 | NO WONDER Squidgy is said to be writing more letters these days . |
| 20 | Some 150 wolves are likely to be killed this year in the region , which is home to the Delta herd of caribou , whose numbers have fallen from 10,700 to 4,500 . |
| 21 | Relatives are valuable and ought to be treated that way . |
| 22 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
| 23 | What can be wrong , however , with fantasising , treating a woman as an object , if there is no connection between the fantasy and real life and if she is depicted as wanting to be treated this way ? |
| 24 | Besides , the girl has done nothing wrong , and I can not allow her to be treated this way . ’ |
| 25 | Lee Doherty summed it up afterwards when he said : ‘ We 'll settle for the 3–1 win , but you would n't want to be watching that kind of football every week . |
| 26 | Heroin is still er quite available in Oxfordshire , and tends to be injected more than smoked or sniffed , so that 's another area for concern . |
| 27 | Predictably , you seem to be getting all the flak for the Bill Davis/Alan Coren years of stagnation and complacency that led to the Punch you inherited a while back . |
| 28 | Michael was livid that Hemmings , in the cloakrooms , seemed to be getting all the way with one of the girls while Crawford/Ingram was off in a corner with another girl — ‘ simply practising how long we could kiss ’ . ’ |
| 29 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 30 | ‘ I must say , ’ said Elinor , sipping a gin and tonic , ‘ you seem to be getting some good vibes . |