English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Be" in Example Sentences
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611373	Don't change sentences that are correct. You can, instead, submit natural-sounding alternate translations.	CK
279573	He became bad-tempered, continually criticized his wife's cooking and complained of a pain in his stomach.	CK
318675	He puts on a show of being impartial and unbiased, but I think he's just a guy with no opinion of his own.	CM
941296	If your spouse is a politician, then likely your name will also appear in the newspaper from time to time.	CK
2271282	It's a lot of trouble to write my name, because it takes 50 strokes to write both my first and last names.	Nero
53293	Jim's angry because his date for the movie stood him up and he wasted an hour waiting for her in the rain.	CM
281385	The Japanese Parliament today officially elected Ryoutarou Hashimoto as the country's 52nd prime minister.	BraveSentry
1093176	Tom once ate at an cheap restaurant and got food poisoning, so now he is very careful about where he eats.	CK
1092972	Tom seems to be unwilling to accept advice from native speakers who try to help him with his translations.	CK
1167467	We still have more than halfway to go to get to the top of the mountain. Are you really already exhausted?	CK
275795	What is important is not which university you've graduated from but what you've learned in the university.	papabear
2974584	When Tom lost his job, he couldn't keep up his mortgage repayments and he was threatened with foreclosure.	patgfisher
2775319	"Do you not like Tom?" "It's not that I don't like him, I just have trouble dealing with people like him."	CK
268522	Although the conditions are slightly different, the result of our experiment was identical with Robinson's.	CK
943753	Cats are like girls. If they talk to you it's great, but if you try to talk to them, it doesn't go so well.	Spamster
378631	He began to suspect something was wrong when the seller didn't allow him to test the item before buying it.	CM
289277	He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.	CM
694670	Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air conditioner. All it has is a hand-held paper fan.	CK
3293502	It was a no-brainer that Tom would renew his contract, given the huge amount of money he was being offered.	patgfisher
954079	It's getting easier to find audio files by native speakers for almost any language you might want to study.	CK
2143028	Providing energy to the poor without destroying the planet any further is this century's biggest challenge.	Dreamk33
1066780	The American news is reporting that Hurricane Irene is as big as Europe, which is a bit of an exaggeration.	CM
954383	There have been a lot of complaints recently about drivers not obeying the speed limits in downtown Boston.	CK
393843	Thursday Island is situated in the Torres Strait between Australia's northernmost Cape York and New Guinea.	blay_paul
2926906	Tom thought his violin was a Stradivarius because the name Stradivarius was on the label inside his violin.	CK
3020389	Use the highest heat settings only when you're ironing fabrics made of natural fibers like cotton or linen.	Delian
272157	When I was a kid, touching bugs didn't bother me a bit. Now I can hardly stand looking at pictures of them.	CM
954616	When speaking to an international audience, it is perhaps best to speak English a little slower than usual.	CK
1164683	Why did I buy flowers? Is that what you just said? It's really noisy here so I couldn't hear you very well.	Chrikaru
286327	I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be.	CM
261390	I like to feel sad. I know that most people try to avoid any kind of sad feeling. But I think that is wrong.	CM
1027519	I talked with Tom for over an hour before he said something that made me realize he wasn't a native speaker.	CK
924347	It is difficult to love somebody when it's not clear whether or not the other person loves you the same way.	Shiawase
1954515	We can't leave our tents on the beach where they are now. If we do, they'll be under water during high tide.	CK
3054167	"Is that Tom calling again?" "Yes. He calls every evening these days. I shouldn't have given him my number."	WestofEden
31048	Hey, has this been sitting out on the dinner table all day? It has to go in the refrigerator or it'll go bad.	CM
286258	I don't think there is any excuse for his behavior. At the same time, we should listen to what he has to say.	CM
19390	I'm going to speak to you with utmost candor so I want you to take everything I'm about to say at face value.	CM
847262	If you are a parent, don't allow yourself to set your heart on any particular line of work for your children.	Source_Benedict_1921
27364	In general, communication between doctors and their patients is the most important part of medical treatment.	CK
35878	International Business Machines Corporation, based in Armonk, New York, is the world's largest computer firm.	CM
318762	It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.	CM
281736	The Japanese are often criticized for being inward looking and insufficiently international in their outlook.	CK
1398369	The mobile phone you have dialed is either switched off or outside the coverage area, please try again later.	alanood
597908	Though grammatically there is nothing wrong with this sentence, I doubt if anyone would actually ever use it.	CK
3344597	Tom was faced with an enormous task when his mother died leaving a badly cluttered house for him to clean up.	patgfisher
1855170	"You probably wouldn't like going camping with me." "You're wrong. In fact, I think I'd like that very much."	CK
1934846	Before we begin, I'd just like to point out to everyone that we have to be very careful not to break anything.	CK
1950848	I can't believe that you aren't at least willing to consider the possibility that there's another explanation.	CK
1398484	I honestly think it's better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.	bart