Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [coord] [pers pn] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've learnt a lot off the television but I think I still need to know more and it is something I think we all worry about . ’ |
| 2 | She 's be , ei , eighty six and she lives alone and she 's she 's absolutely ge again , the Arch Deacon , it 's the Arch Deacon there that 's the trouble ! |
| 3 | But every little detail seemed crucial and it was something I struggled with all the way through , but knowing that Cathy , Joan and I were all on the same wavelength and felt the same level of commitment was a great relief . |
| 4 | ‘ He ate little and it was I who brought him food . |
| 5 | And they said he never said much to them , well he perhaps did n't , he would n't do because he was like that you see , but pra before interviewing him on television , er of course the War came and India was given freedom , and er there used to be you know the Sweet people who used to have a big factory on Road , was a very famous sweet in them days , I do n't think they are now , but was a very good sweet firm , and they 'd got a daughter cos she was in the , during the War the Anglo-Soviet Friendship er she was one of the course they 'd got hundreds but she was one . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the letter to Sarah Catt arrived first and it was she who was the first to break the news — by phone — to Charman , a circumstance that only added to the unpleasant situation . |
| 7 | That 's probably why I 've been getting low but it 's something funny . . |
| 8 | I know and I feel sick but it 's something just to feel this certain about anything again . |
| 9 | Externally conformist and controlled , her journal functions as the confidant she never had : ‘ My head feels empty and I am nothing particular . |
| 10 | Now I 'm pretty certain that you do that and it 's it 's a bit of erm there 's qui quite a bit in it . |
| 11 | I mean most satire does that but it 's what Johnson 's satire does particularly well . |
| 12 | The words sounded fine but it was someone else 's story . |