English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Be" in Example Sentences
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1106113	Tom ate at a new restaurant the other day, but he doesn't remember the restaurant's name.	CK	1
2853106	Tom attended high school for three years without missing a single day or ever being late.	CK	1
1095580	Tom can't help wondering whether he would have been better off if he had gone to college.	CK	1
1027913	Tom told Mary that he was going to kill himself, but he didn't have the courage to do it.	CK	1
920414	Do you have any ideas on how we can make sure Tom sticks around until the job is finished?	CK	1
2042930	I know some of you want to go back to the way things were, but that's not going to happen.	CK	1
2451051	If you want to really improve your French, you should move to a country where it's spoken.	CK	1
2046937	Tom and Mary have been too busy fighting to notice how much they actually like each other.	CK	1
1095882	Tom asked Mary about the traffic accident she was involved in when she was five years old.	CK	1
1892646	Tom just needs a little time to get used to the idea that Mary will now be his stepsister.	CK	1
1092735	Tom thought there should be a limit on how much money his wife should be allowed to spend.	CK	1
2451050	Most people who hear Tom speaking French would never guess that he wasn't a native speaker.	CK	1
2042931	My mother always told me I would be able do anything I wanted to do if I put my mind to it.	CK	1
1095784	Tom began working as a volunteer at the homeless shelter while he was still in high school.	CK	1
1029458	Tom compared a picture taken of Mary three years ago with one that had been taken recently.	CK	1
1094680	Tom didn't need to look at the menu because he'd been to that restaurant many times before.	CK	1
1202264	Tom makes way too many snide remarks. That's perhaps why he doesn't have very many friends.	CK	1
1847743	When Tom looked down at the apple he was eating, he realized that he had eaten half a worm.	CK	1
2042932	Children often want to do things that are dangerous without knowing that they are dangerous.	CK	1
953255	Even though my friend was a vegetarian, I didn't tell him that the soup had some meat in it.	CK	1
2318249	I don't know if you've noticed or not, but Tom hasn't been getting to work on time recently.	CK	1
976143	It's not right for you to do something bad just because someone else has done something bad.	CK	1
1096109	One thing Tom does that isn't very safe is that he uses the same password for every website.	CK	1
886975	She asked him to help her father clean the garage, but he said that he was too busy to help.	CK	1
1040627	Tom had been released from the hospital, but he was still recovering from the gunshot wound.	CK	1
1991971	Tom has been doing a pretty good job of eluding the police, but eventually he'll get caught.	CK	1
1025282	Tom has to be careful about what he eats at restaurants because he's allergic to many foods.	CK	1
1024782	Tom is used to driving a pickup truck, but he's never driven one of those really big trucks.	CK	1
952864	Tom pleaded guilty to drunken driving and his driver's license was suspended for six months.	CK	1
1028138	Tom remembers telling Mary the story about how he had escaped from being eaten by cannibals.	CK	1
1044899	Tom thought it was a good idea to take advantage of the opportunity that Mary had given him.	CK	1
1092738	Tom thought the music was too loud, but he was too tired to get up and turn the volume down.	CK	1
1092733	Tom thought where he put his gold coins was the perfect hiding place. However, he was wrong.	CK	1
1027909	Tom told Mary that he wouldn't be able finish the job in the amount of time she'd given him.	CK	1
953437	I don't think it makes him a bad person just because he's decided he likes to eat horse meat.	CK	1
953496	I just want to let you know that I think you're the most beautiful woman that I've ever seen.	CK	1
1027407	It may seem like just a little thing to you, but Tom is really worried about the whole thing.	CK	1
887011	She bought him a car, but he didn't have a driver's license so he couldn't drive it anywhere.	CK	1
1095596	Tom can't figure out how Mary was able to plan a surprise party without him knowing about it.	CK	1
1075860	Tom tasted the popcorn and decided it wasn't salty enough, so he sprinkled on some more salt.	CK	1
1092189	Tom would have liked to attend Mary's party. Unfortunately, he had other things he had to do.	CK	1
2419635	While Tom was away from his desk, Mary drew a caricature of him on the cover of his notebook.	CK	1
2331640	I had about a minute until the train left, so I didn't have time to explain why I was leaving.	CK	1
2406634	I still have a scar on my left leg from a car accident I was in when I was thirteen years old.	CK	1
1553451	I think Tom is going to be pretty mad when he finds out that the painting he bought is a fake.	CK	1
1042403	If we don't receive Tom's reply within the next three days, I think we should write him again.	CK	1
62662	It's my fault that the cake was burned. I was talking on the phone and didn't notice the time.	CK	1
1027210	Tom agreed to marry that man's daughter with the promise that he'd inherit the man's business.	CK	1
1023866	Tom's an irritating person to work with because he'll never admit it when he's made a mistake.	CK	1
953270	For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.	CK	1