Example sentences of "there be [pron] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are what I have called political uses of assessment and there are educational uses . |
| 2 | There were what we got delivered yesterday was all we had , apart from a few bottles |
| 3 | ‘ There 's nothing I 've done that I 'm ashamed of , Cleg , ’ she said softly , ‘ my father brought me up to be respectable and that 's what I am . ’ |
| 4 | There 's what I have called a parity of fear , |
| 5 | ‘ It should be , Comrade , but I still feel there 's something we 've missed . |
| 6 | There 's something we 've got to discuss . |
| 7 | Look , there 's something we 've got to tell you . |
| 8 | But there 's something that you want to achieve , there 's something you 've got to do |
| 9 | As I say , nowadays I get the information from you over the phone , and then when we 've got somebody who said Oh no , it 's only a small flat , I 've got this this and this and that 's the big pieces of furniture , er if it 's somebody that 's done it on spec I say Well look give me a ring back in an hour if er when you 've come off the phone you er there 's something you 've forgotten . |
| 10 | But if there 's something you want done as long as it 's legal and within reason , we can probably do it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Maggie , there 's something I 've got to say to you . |
| 12 | There 's something I 've got to know . ’ |
| 13 | There 's something I 've got to do . |
| 14 | Client , you know there 's something I 'd forgotten all about . |
| 15 | I do n't think there 's anything I 've got to tell you . |
| 16 | Nicholas Blurton-Jones of the Institute of Child Health at the University of London , insists that ‘ Whenever we find ourselves wishing to qualify a description with an adverb or an adjective , it is clear that there is something we have failed to describe . ’ |
| 17 | Fifty years later an administrative officer found the Masai to be perfect hosts : ‘ they do respect your privacy ; men of other tribes rather fuss round you , always sure there is something they have omitted to do as hosts , thus making a nuisance of themselves — but the Masai leave you alone ’ . |
| 18 | There is something I have planned for you , ’ he called . |
| 19 | Now just so that they see whether to times or divide we 've got to tell them , it 's no good just putting a ten there is it I 've got to say it 's a times or divide okay ? |
| 20 | Folly racked her brains , but she was sure there was nothing she had forgotten . |
| 21 | He had seen nothing pass between Suragai and any woman , but now he wondered if there was something he had missed . |
| 22 | So now , after all , there was something she had set her heart on . |
| 23 | and erm , ha , got home , did n't wan na go out , there was me I got changed , I put on those new leggings I was all in black I thought I looked rather nice , you know , and Gary said what you all dressed up for ? |