Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [adv] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The old ticker was going then I can tell you . |
2 | And he said well my father is doing today I ca n't do today I 'll do it Friday and I shouted down the stairs but he owes you a day you should n't be going in . |
3 | If that means that I 've got to upset a few people because I 'm trying to prevent somebody 's life being lost then I will upset those people . |
4 | I was outraged by it and got on to Smith at once , saying that on no account should the students be flogged and that if the sentence was carried out I would leave immediately . |
5 | Many companies give an indication of how easy ( or difficult ! ) each plant is to raise so I 'd suggest that for the first year you stick with fairly easy ones , perhaps trying a couple of ‘ harder ’ ones . |
6 | Your mother was saying perhaps I should give it to the kids , half to you , half to Debbie , but I said , no . |