Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN THE current economic climate , the definition of an optimistic businessman has been one who irons five shirts on a Sunday evening . |
| 2 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 3 | A doctor commented : ‘ MS has been something I 've used . |
| 4 | In the first place , there has been what one might call an ethnic ‘ backlash ’ from British Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 6 | At home in Darlington , he said : ‘ It 's the first time in my life I have actually enjoyed being who I am . |
| 7 | The final type of general exclusion clause which is also frequently included is one which restricts or excludes liability for various kinds of economic loss . |
| 8 | The historical development which the exhibition unfolds is one which begins with the female nude masquerading as history and moves on to the abandoning of these supplementary narratives in favour of the representation of the body for its own sake , for its intrinsic formal qualities and expressive potential . |
| 9 | And unfortunately unless can guarantee I mean what what what I would like to know is what they 're gon na charge the what they 're charging them now and what they 're gon na charge them . |
| 10 | ‘ All I want to know is what you think you 're playing at ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All I want to know is what you did with the information Nadine sold you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ All you want to know is what I can not tell you : whether her recent illness might in some way explain her disappearance . |
| 13 | What we do n't know is what they intend to do now that they are here . |
| 14 | What we do n't know is what they had in common that made them end up where they did . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What I still do n't know is what you were doing on board my boat . ’ |
| 16 | That afternoon there was a voice among us that seemed to be leading the whole thing — anything he say is what we thinking , but before . |
| 17 | Say is there something on the data |
| 18 | For instance , the attack on the ‘ generalist ’ is overdone and for most specialists , the training that counts is what they learn after they start work . |
| 19 | The first such combination to be considered is one which he calls the ‘ Germanic ’ mode of production , ( ‘ mode of production ’ , in this work , meaning social evolutionary stage ) . |
| 20 | But then I thought actually all this adds up to what you want is someone you feel safe with , someone you feel is going to look after the country and its people well , and I thought is Major somebody I feel safe with , and I thought well in some ways because I do n't think he 's going to turn round and do anything nasty to me , but on the other hand erm I wonder — I 'm going back to your question — is he a man of substance ? |
| 21 | ‘ What we want is someone who 's an idiot and who has appeal . |
| 22 | eh what she needs is what we need for the summer weather Connie , my brother is |
| 23 | ‘ The look on her face of sheer joy and pride that she had won was one I shall always remember , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The first programme we watched after it was installed was one my father would have loved , about old sailing-ships and the life of our ancestor , the poet-sailor William Falconer , who wrote a long poem , The Shipwreck , which was popular in its day . |
| 25 | The method of lexical representation used was one which allowed efficient representation and search . |
| 26 | The measure of life events used was one which had been developed by Brown over a number of years and represents a major methodological improvement over previous approaches . |
| 27 | The questions you then have to tackle are what you can use it for and , even more important , what you should use it for . |
| 28 | ‘ All the words he uses are what you would call anti-feminist , ’ said a police officer . |
| 29 | ‘ All the words he uses are what you would call anti-feminist , ’ said a police officer . |
| 30 | May I come in ? wait are you it up . |