Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [conj] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Myth no. 5 : exercise will take too much of my energy and leave me exhausted If you 're exhausted at the end of the day , you 'll probably benefit from more exercise not less . |
| 2 | Avoid behaviour indicating sub-text like : ‘ You 're boring me rigid and I 'm looking for someone more interesting to talk to . ’ |
| 3 | Oh yes you told me this that I was doing hard labour and he said I was building the building . |
| 4 | Why am I sad when I 'm getting some new trainers ? |
| 5 | I 'll bring him up as my own but he 's keeping his own father 's name . ’ |
| 6 | I had , of course , been told by my surgeon that everything he could see he had taken out , On the other hand , I had chosen to explore further on my own and I was learning that cancer has this nasty habit of playing possum . |
| 7 | How many times have you heard people say , I 'm really at my best when I 'm challenged . |
| 8 | I cut my other life off real life off and become that person and I 'm at my happiest when I 'm submerged in another character doing it . |
| 9 | I mean , you tell somebody that and they 're forced to believe you are you ? |
| 10 | They shuffled around on the wire , blinking at Reynolds in their hundreds as he was led past . |
| 11 | Scared of the dark and freezing in a T-shirt and track suit bottoms , Matthew shouted himself hoarse until he was discovered . |
| 12 | That 's their regular if they were having a country and western they would ask him to do it because he 's |
| 13 | Abingdon Town struggled to record a two one win against hosts Bracknell Town here today , and will certainly need to improve their finishing if they are to maintain their challenge at the top of the Vauxhall League , division two south . |
| 14 | The importance of these sources of income has implications for the income in old age of men and women who are now in their fifties and who are faced with long-term unemployment or early retirement . |
| 15 | I honestly believe that the rail workers would n't have accepted the one and a half per cent , other workers would n't have accepted the one and a half per cent if they believed that they were on their own that they were gon na fight in isolation . |
| 16 | And the point is that all this is good , fair and equitable if you start from the conventional wisdom that : housewives do n't need money of their own because they are supported by their husbands ; they are supported by their husbands because they are dependants ; and they are dependants because they ‘ do n't work ’ . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , reformers within the bureaucracy were coming into their own because they were concentrated in the ministry whose expertise was now at a premium . |
| 18 | They should be reminded too that canned baked beans in tomato sauce are highly nutritious and can be a quick and convenient addition to many main meals or can even make quite a good meal on their own if they are served on buttered toast . |
| 19 | Young people must discover faith for themselves and make it truly their own if they are to find a foundation for life . |
| 20 | The free and easy movement of the fabric , particularly around the arms , means the jacket comes into its own when you 're climbing and scrambling . |
| 21 | ‘ Frozen and chilled pasta comes into its own when you are talking about filled pasta , especially individually quick-frozen products . |
| 22 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 23 | Guessing what might greet her in the canteen , she opted for sandwiches in the laboratory , but because today no one else on the team was prepared to forgo his lunch-hour proper she was on her own until she was interrupted . |
| 24 | Yes , she was on her own and she was talking |
| 25 | I know that after the suicide of her friend Maud Geddes she destroyed all Maud 's letters , and all her own when they were sent back to her . |
| 26 | We 've got 15 players who must perform at their best if we 're to win . |
| 27 | The does need some for their young when they 're getting bigger ; and it 's particularly convenient for all of us in bad weather . |
| 28 | According to the DSF , the ecology of the waters have been adversely affected by overfishing and the seals will starve in their thousands unless they are culled . |
| 29 | But it 's , we 've got to get them motivated and I 'm asking today , you know , we need more help and if you can spare a few hours a week it would be more than appreciated . |
| 30 | And my reverie had begun to include some delightful visions of how Sergia might make me welcome when I was interrupted . |