Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [is] [adv] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'Cos once she 's up she opens the porch door and leaves it open . |
| 2 | I now know that it 's not what happens in the good times that counts , but how you survive the bad — disastrous holidays , financial crises , illnesses . |
| 3 | But in all these descriptions , as in his characters and his story lines , we are taken from the particular to the general ; we are led to see that it is not what happens that is important nor what effect action has on the people concerned , but what meaning we can extract , or guess at , from the impact on our senses and our intellect of the whole . |
| 4 | And she is where she desires to be . ’ |
| 5 | He says he do n't know yet with it being like his first complete week but he says if there 's overtime he says what shall I do ? |
| 6 | mum goes , do n't you swear at her no swearing thank you , and it 's like she hates swearing , it 's like , not even swearing cows and animals |
| 7 | And , he 's put this in his type of thing and it 's like he 's got his arm stretched out right to his mouth and he 's got a cigarette in his in his hand and it 's that like . |
| 8 | Now let's keep reminding you about the time situation , sixty five minutes gone , Shrewsbury have another twenty five minutes in which to hang on here , it 's Shrewsbury three , Blackburn Rovers two , it 's gon na be a nervous evening here for the normally placid Shropshire folk at as that ball is headed forward by and here 's , again in field to , clipped forward for Mike , here comes advancing towards the edge of the penalty area , he 's got ta try and get past the brick wall of , and it 's now who tries to release down the right hand side , he 's got ta get past , he does so , he gets the ball across and that one is cleared importantly by only as far as who tries to hook it back in and that the ball would n't reach him and it would n't reach either and it 's gone out for a goal kick to Shrewsbury . |
| 9 | It will either burn or heal him , and it is here one feels the evening has begun ; that here is the enquiry that needs to deepen . |
| 10 | This triple-edged razor is probably put together by a bunch of names that we 're already familiar with and on a label strong enough to propel it into the club circus , but if it is n't it does n't matter ; there 's a future here if this is a first attempt . |
| 11 | So , erm Rob is to inform Simon of these video group meetings , and is to circulate minutes to those present , and Simon if he 's not present , and if he is then he gets them anyway , and to Peter who probably wo n't be present , but will get the minutes . |
| 12 | It may be scruffy , but it is where one belongs , and the only place one ever will belong : a world of pub-going rather than café-haunting , usually more self-examining than woundingly self-critical , and pleased ( even grateful ) to be alive , in a cautious sort of way . |
| 13 | But it is when one sees it for oneself that the problem is really understood . |
| 14 | While still learning , to swim or drive a car or speak a foreign language , he does have to think out what to do next , but it is when he comes to trust his own reflexes that he will have mastered the skill . |
| 15 | But it is not what counts finally . |
| 16 | That 's what brought us together , but it 's not what keeps us together . |
| 17 | Yeah I know what you mean but it 's not it does n't necessarily work out that way cos |
| 18 | But it 's when it interferes with the thing . |
| 19 | but it 's just it seems to me like , like the boys must be intimidated by girls who actually |
| 20 | Yeah but it 's like it gets me because like Jane Jane gets asked they only ask her every Saturday . |
| 21 | Well because he 's very he 's been very awkward with her has n't he ? |
| 22 | When it is off she revives , laughs again , looks relaxed . |
| 23 | And when he 's not he stays put in his South Oxfordshire home . |
| 24 | When he 's off he qualifies for unemployment benefit , which makes their joint income £49 a week plus child benefit . |