English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Be" in Example Sentences
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33044	Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.	CK	1
1027174	Tom always gives the same old excuse for being late for school.	CK	1
1029834	Tom and Mary have been at odds with each other for a long time.	CK	1
2414086	Tom and Mary were sitting on the sofa very close to each other.	CK	1
1095801	Tom became interested in snowboarding when he was about twelve.	CK	1
1029575	Tom blocked Mary's punch, then slapped her with his right hand.	CK	1
1095215	Tom could do nothing but watch Mary being swept down the river.	CK	1
1095159	Tom couldn't believe that he'd ever be able to play the guitar.	CK	1
1095059	Tom couldn't sleep because the neighbor's dog barked all night.	CK	1
1094898	Tom demanded to know why he hadn't been told about the changes.	CK	1
2451079	Tom didn't begin to study French until he was thirty years old.	CK	1
1029320	Tom didn't have the slightest idea what Mary was talking about.	CK	1
1094743	Tom didn't know exactly what it was that Mary wanted him to do.	CK	1
1029291	Tom didn't know where to go to buy a ticket for Mary's concert.	CK	1
1026054	Tom doesn't like being cooped up in his small office every day.	CK	1
1029024	Tom doesn't think Mary would be willing to lend him her guitar.	CK	1
1025886	Tom drank a lot last night and is a bit hung over this morning.	CK	1
1025809	Tom fell down two flights of stairs and is now in the hospital.	CK	1
1830418	Tom has been eating at that restaurant since he was a teenager.	CK	1
1304648	Tom is beginning to recover, but he's not out of the woods yet.	CK	1
1108071	Tom is the type of person who always has to have the last word.	CK	1
1040573	Tom politely pretended not to notice that Mary had been crying.	CK	1
2421160	Tom told Mary that he wasn't the captain of the wrestling team.	CK	1
3205224	Tom told me a week ago that he was planning to go to Australia.	CK	1
2958485	Tom was a little surprised by how well Mary could speak French.	CK	1
1092445	Tom was able to park a half a block away from the concert hall.	CK	1
2311284	Tom was caught cheating on a test and got expelled from school.	CK	1
1092404	Tom was in a hurry so he left his second cup of coffee undrunk.	CK	1
920508	Tom was risking losing his job by talking to his boss that way.	CK	1
2208805	Tom was sitting alone at the kitchen table when Mary walked in.	CK	1
1092341	Tom was surprised to find Mary sitting all alone in the chapel.	CK	1
1242840	Tom wondered how difficult it would be to find a job in Boston.	CK	1
1992933	Tom wrote down his new teacher's name so he wouldn't forget it.	CK	1
2301587	Tom's one big ambition in life was to become a race car driver.	CK	1
2210710	Why don't you go back to the hospital and see how Tom is doing?	CK	1
972853	A person's way of looking at something depends on his situation.	CK	1
953088	All the English teachers at my son's school are native speakers.	CK	1
1096272	All Tom wanted was for Mary to love him as much as he loved her.	CK	1
2951498	Although Tom is sick, he plans to get his homework done on time.	CK	1
30713	Can you imagine what our life would be like without electricity?	CK	1
1027617	Even though Tom is only sixteen, he looks like he's over twenty.	CK	1
1390297	Even though Tom is quite ugly, Mary still fell in love with him.	Spamster	1
1950726	I can't be in the same room as Tom without getting into a fight.	CK	1
2307978	I changed my mind about dinner. I'm not really hungry right now.	CK	1
1341387	I don't think I can get you to understand how difficult that is.	CK	1
2042807	I don't want you to think that I'm not happy with your decision.	CK	1
2330018	I guess I always knew there was a chance that Tom wouldn't come.	CK	1
953477	I have no doubt in my mind you are the woman I'm going to marry.	CK	1
2776915	I hear that there are people in Japan who keep penguins as pets.	CK	1
2214396	I heard that Tom is planning to take Mary out to dinner tonight.	CK	1