Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [adj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUMMERCHILD : Yes , but when I say I 'm happy with something … |
| 2 | At thirteen we were branded either jail-bait or ‘ Still , I expect she 's clever with her hands ’ — and we spend the next thirty years living up to it or living it down . |
| 3 | She hardly dared answer the old man 's ‘ Good Morning ’ ; and as for me , I expect she was afraid of me . |
| 4 | ‘ They say she 's wild after him . |
| 5 | People say she was lenient with me . |
| 6 | Guilt swept over Constance but she felt like saying ‘ nor for me ’ , as Louise went on , ‘ Just for me , darling , say you 're sorry to your mother and then I 'll sort something out . |
| 7 | Cos I say there 's blue on it , oh god I ca n't be ca n't be any of them . |
| 8 | He 's had a number of operations to remove blood clots from his brain , but staff at Frenchay hospital in Bristol say they 're delighted with his progress . |
| 9 | There are games in our region and as you rightly say they 're great for us but er I would n't say that they 're Derbies I mean the Derbies are are Birmingham West Brom and West Brom |
| 10 | Staff in the regions affected say they 're worried for their futures . |
| 11 | He 's been missing since then — police say they 're worried about his safety : |
| 12 | But the villagers say they 're happy in their rural backwater . |
| 13 | Both the police and trading standards officers say they 're aware of what 's going on , but they 're powerless to intervene . |
| 14 | No major change in the strength of all the main constitutional parties is expected once counting ends tonight and all but the Conservatives say they are pleased with their result . |
| 15 | The owners say they are delighted with their horse … thrilled … |
| 16 | Isosceles plans no further meetings with its bankers who say they are happy with its performance . |
| 17 | Apparently the most satisfied females are in Switzerland where 83 per cent say they are happy with their love lives . |
| 18 | This relative freedom from negative reaction is what I imagine most people mean when they say they are happy in their work . |
| 19 | People often say they are confused by what is going on in the world ; it no longer seems to make sense . |
| 20 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |
| 21 | yeah , yeah , and they , they say he was brutal with you ? |
| 22 | and they had two they had two disabled girls , there are two girls who were erm you know physically er disabled , I forget what was wrong with them I think one had a clubfoot or something an and they were almost free they were n't completely free , but they were nearly free because of their disabilities and |
| 23 | ‘ Let me be frank with you , Cameron . ’ |
| 24 | We hope you are proud of your university and we hope to keep your friendship as we plan its future . |
| 25 | ‘ I hope you 're proud of yourself . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope you were nice to him , ’ Alex said . |
| 27 | Mývatn itself is famous for its peculiar lava formations and its birds . |
| 28 | I hope they are useful to your officers when compiling the list . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's the only one who really understands the economy , ’ President North said in a speech three weeks ago , ‘ and I figure it 's safe with him . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |