Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [is] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , what upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the riders were threatening to pull out if I were put in the third row of the grid as was at first planned . |
| 2 | ‘ The one thing that worries me is that I do n't think he cares . |
| 3 | Cos what normally happens is with tetanus , that the reason it kills you is that you stop breathing because your muscles that work your lungs , the diaphragm , the intercostal muscles between the ribs , those seize up and you just stop breathing . |
| 4 | Lumb says it 's because they do n't have a branch there , but we think it 's solid Labour to look at all the blue posters . |
| 5 | ‘ He says it 's because he volunteered when he was too young and now he 's been pestering them , but I 've been pestering all three services and got nowhere . ’ |
| 6 | He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that . |
| 7 | Gravedigger Jose Molina said : ‘ What scares me is that I think I 'll be her first victim . ’ |
| 8 | What surprises me is that he said it in public . ’ |
| 9 | The answer to the question whether motivation arousal patterns derive from one 's past or from the situation in which one finds oneself is that they derive from both . |
| 10 | What annoys me is that I know I saw the damn thing not too long ago ! |
| 11 | At first she sympathised a bit , but basically she thinks it 's because I dare to walk around and look people in the eye — I 'm too challenging or flirty or something . |
| 12 | ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan . |
| 13 | ‘ The only thing which disturbs me is if you brought me down here on false pretenses . |
| 14 | Heart patient claims it 's because he smokes . |