Example sentences of "be [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you are bullied and you cry it makes things ten times worse . |
| 2 | Not very many sub-conversions have yet been done as I understand it and my source of information about the levels of conversion is solely from Mrs , called on behalf of the defendants and her real source of information is simply one family whom she has talked to on the telephone about it , who find the levels conversion of their Nissan Serena perfectly satisfactory for their twenty year old daughter . |
| 3 | They said well your husband 's car 's been vandalised and they think it 's you that 's done it so we 've come to arrest you so she said oh I thought you 've come to tell me it were me daughter that was dead and he said , he said what you talking about ? |
| 4 | Vast amounts of money are made and I find it all very boring . |
| 5 | Does anybody like to make a contribution on Appendix B Right , the point is that we 're accepting that we support it , and that the Association of County Councils and that 's the International Affairs Sub-Committee of the A C C be informed of the County Council 's support , of the options set out in Appendix B. Is that agreed ? |
| 6 | A chance to read , and be informed as to what we 're buying when we buy it . |
| 7 | So you , you , you I , I know what you 're saying but I mean it 's , it 's plain |
| 8 | in Baywatch you do n't understand what they 're saying when you read it . |
| 9 | Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting . |
| 10 | They have full jurisdiction to say : ‘ We are satisfied that there is a nuisance here , but we are not going to order you to do what the local authority say you are to do because we think it can be done in another and cheaper way or in a more effective way ’ . |
| 11 | The Arsenal boss said yesterday : ‘ There should be responsibility when managers are hired that they see it through to the end of the season . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 13 | Oh , Sally-Anne , do you never think of what you are saying before you say it ? — all in the most sorrowful manner , no doubt . |
| 14 | I 'm suggesting that you avoid it . ’ |
| 15 | The retributivist principle — that wrongdoers should be punished because they deserve it — is in some ways the complete antithesis of reductivism . |
| 16 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 17 | This cream dress is creased , it ought to be ironed before I wear it . |
| 18 | Taste is inborn , little can be learned without it , but everything can be developed if you have it and the discipline to train your eye . |
| 19 | Unless there is a particular problem I would propose to delay altering the stops until moving the shelter can be organised as I think it would be confusing , not to say unpopular , to do otherwise . |
| 20 | In a society where we spend so much money , time and effort in trying to attain immortality , by constantly eradicating the diseases from which a human being can die , it may be said that we find it more and more difficult to face mortality either in ourselves or in those close to us . |
| 21 | Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it . |
| 22 | Excuse me , you 've ha , you 've tripped your and the you know , the all lad , he said , no it 's not worth it for me , so I 'll be going before you draw it . |
| 23 | It is erm alleged , it is to be alleged as I understand it by the er defendant relying on Mr opinion that the business would have failed in any event er because of the plaintiff 's general lack of experience in this trade and what is described as a lack of financial expertise or caution er to which the availability of extra money as envisaged in the original proposal , would have made absolutely no difference . |
| 24 | If such a change occurs at your hotel , you will only be notified if we believe it involves a significant change in facilities or standards . |
| 25 | Ye 'll be drivin' when we take it over . |
| 26 | Much rather be involved and I find it much more rewarding personally . |
| 27 | I mean er if er , anybody ever takes this over when I 'm gone and you sell it |
| 28 | I could do but it 's er I did n't want to I 'm choosing when I wear it and when I do n't . |
| 29 | What 's funny is them being ‘ outrageous ’ , ie it 's so sick you 've just GOT to be joking when you say it . |
| 30 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |