Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] and [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having just completed long negotiations with the various provider units in the area , the authority is now keen to ensure contracts are honoured and it gets the best value healthcare available . |
| 2 | Both share and asset purchases are included and it makes no difference whether the merger is agreed or hostile . |
| 3 | And on your belt , when you 're walking and you had a a lamp hook , which was got a very sharp spike on it you see , and when you was working er shovelling , you 'd stick it in a prop you see ? |
| 4 | No you 're alright , cos sometimes you make , you , you know , you 're writing and you need a flow of ten minutes cos then it interrupts and says do you want to save this ? |
| 5 | Yeah , you 're told you 're going and we spend the first day overcoming barriers to the fact that they do n't know why they 're there , they 've just been sent and it 'll be good for you , you know this sort of stuff . |
| 6 | Erm and the car just broke up in half and that was , that had been er welded but like the police are saying as well as soon as they sort of get wise to what they 're doing and they find a way to er you know , get on to them , they devised something else . |
| 7 | ‘ The head and valves are damaged and we estimate the engine rebuild will cost about £20,000 . ’ |
| 8 | So we 'll have certain sites that are counted and they have the , the equipment . |
| 9 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 10 | I quote — ‘ Nowadays though , young musicians come into places where older musicians are playing and they play a body of tunes which the older player would not know . |
| 11 | However the main services are covered and it gives an idea of facilities and help available to teachers when undertaking research . |
| 12 | Their expenses ’ are paid and they make a magnificent contribution to the service , enabling group tutors to increase the flexibility of their classes and ensuring individual help whenever it is needed . |
| 13 | Add a convulsive twitch when the words ‘ title challenge ’ are mentioned and you have the classic case of EFC which loosely translates as Extremely Forlorn Chance . |
| 14 | A few seconds later the pipes are assembled and I enter the town playing Highland Laddie , not at the front of the column , but bringing up the rear . |
| 15 | We have just arrived here with everything we have soaking wet and so we must just sit still till our clothes are dried and I take the opportunity of the idle time to write to you — |