Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 The former detectives were not at the Old Bailey today , proceedings against them are over .
2 God knows what the two of them are up to together . ’
3 There are much snazzier sideways-scrolling shoot-'em-ups around , and a fair few of them are out on budget .
4 The two of them are off to ride for Britain in the European championships … their first big international test … their time has come …
5 There are plenty of surgical patients walking around with only one lung , and some of them are down to a third of normal lung area .
6 Two , or three , of them are in , or moving into , the far from populous row of flats , just over the river in South London , which is inhabited by Patrick and Jenny , and by a stunning , boring wife who affords Patrick one of the novelist 's turmoils in a vulgarly-appointed borrowed flat some miles to the north .
7 But the problem is that they may not be able to deal adequately with operating systems and computer environments that they do n't know and are not allowed to market ; especially given the financial position many of them are in .
8 But the problem is that they may not be able to deal adequately with operating systems and computer environments that they do n't know and are not allowed to market ; especially given the financial position many of them are in .
9 ‘ And what d' you mean , what 'ave I been up to ?
10 Have I been round once ?
11 Have n't I been round yet ?
12 I been round there and got conkers
13 ‘ How long have I been out ? ’
14 I say I been out for a walk because I ca n't sleep .
15 I , I , I been out it a long while now .
16 " Have I been out long ? " she asked .
17 I did n't go because Harvey and I are through .
18 He said , ‘ You know , if my wife and I are out , we make sure we 're back by 10.30 in the evening … . ’ and I said , ‘ Oh , that 's lovely , thank you . ’
19 ‘ If Major Calder and I are about to be deprived of your services , ’ Carew answered evenly , ‘ then we 'll have to use another and faster method of disrupting the IRB organisation . ’
20 So my client and I are back where we started .
21 Jane and I are off to Italy — a photographic assignment — otherwise we would have held onto them a while longer .
22 and I are off tomorrow and it 's the first day off that we 've had together you know , for
23 For those who do not know what I am on about , why not pick up a Birthday Scheme Leaflet and make it your resolution to support the Medical Work of the BMS in the New Year .
24 However , I have been told that the drugs I am on will have an adverse effect .
25 PLAYER : I am on .
26 And can I just say , a governing body that I am on , I 've just recently gone on to , employs private cleaning contractors , it did n't want the D S O , and ever since that contract has come in , they have been in terrible , terrible trouble .
27 Let's have a look at the text now , cos it will hopefully make these a lot clearer and you will see what I am on about .
28 Well I should say that but when he 's at work he works shifts but I I am on
29 Well I mean that when we start organization and I am on , I 'm on Cortille and on the committee and they wanted me to take over the Vice Chairman and I said no way .
30 I am over at the big house within a couple of minutes , kilt on , best sporran and carrying the bagpipes , and prepared for anything .
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