English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Be" in Example Sentences
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887096	She dumped him because she thought he was a jerk.	CK	1
310168	She has been watching television for three hours.	CK	1
887362	She sat next him wishing she were somewhere else.	CK	1
2050686	Some children were playing frisbee near the pond.	CK	1
65893	Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.	CM	1
1396376	The beach is an ideal place for children to play.	CK	1
1327535	The concert was short. However, it was very good.	CK	1
1048264	The man driving the bus is a good friend of mine.	CK	1
1099709	The only thing he's thinking about is seeing her.	CK	1
2451161	The people in the other room are speaking French.	CK	1
1027311	The police have been searching for Tom for years.	CK	1
324543	The post office is a few minutes' walk from here.	CK	1
268537	The situation was getting difficult to deal with.	CM	1
61019	The size of the carpet is 120 by 160 centimeters.	CK	1
51648	The spokesman confirmed that the report was true.	CM	1
45882	The stone was so heavy that nobody could lift it.	CK	1
19182	The strong wind indicates that a storm is coming.	Dejo	1
271859	The students are happy, but the teachers are not.	CK	1
21331	The students are making good progress in English.	CK	1
265103	The truth is that I don't know anything about it.	CK	1
325618	The two countries are antagonistic to each other.	CM	1
273958	The union is pressing for a ten-percent pay hike.	CM	1
278919	The weather forecast is not necessarily reliable.	CK	1
37810	The weather was so cold that the lake froze over.	CK	1
29633	There are a few apples on the tree, aren't there?	CK	1
58304	There are a lot of English books in this library.	CK	1
59632	There are a number of nice restaurants near here.	CK	1
243101	There are many new programs to watch this spring.	CK	1
325629	There are noticeable differences between the two.	CK	1
903688	There is an urgent need for better communication.	CK	1
283969	There is little hope of his winning the election.	CM	1
283954	There is little, if any, hope of his being alive.	CK	1
326071	There isn't much butter left in the refrigerator.	CK	1
35654	There was a lot of food left over from the party.	CK	1
63614	There were quite a few interesting things to see.	CK	1
1027294	There's no doubt that Tom used to live in Boston.	CK	1
2208772	There's no way I'm going to leave you alone here.	CK	1
3287428	There's nothing left that needs to be done today.	CK	1
3148348	There's really no reason for you to go to Boston.	CK	1
306239	They are used to the humid climate of the summer.	CM	1
307325	They could not tell whether he was dead or alive.	CK	1
1316789	They say that he was very poor when he was young.	CK	1
306658	They were sitting on the sofa in our living room.	CK	1
2046919	Things have been a little busier than I expected.	CK	1
997864	This book is even more interesting than that one.	CK	1
55927	This is by far the tallest building in this city.	CK	1
1027271	This is probably the key that Tom is looking for.	CK	1
2064161	This is something I wore when I was much younger.	CK	1
55718	This is the most difficult book I have ever read.	CK	1
2033868	Tom acts like he doesn't want to be seen with us.	CK	1