Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows that we must step up our efforts to ensure that everyone is fully educated , but not only that they know the facts , but that they start to act upon them . |
| 2 | I don' think er that women mind at all , I do n't think that that people in general really take that much notice of it , I mean I personally er have no objection or would not try and dissuade these gentlemen from wearing these things , but I personally would never wear one , and one of the reasons I would never wear one is apart from maybe two cases there you can always tell , and I think the thing is that when I would feel very uncomfortable walking down the street and everyo I 'd feel that everyone was there going wig , wig and the other thing is , there 's a young lady at the back there made a very valid point , er |
| 3 | Rejoicing in the Lord is having the assurance that nothing is ever lost , that nothing is ultimately beyond him and his power . |
| 4 | that nothing is so lost or gone to waste |
| 5 | No that 's right I was just roughly trying to work out |
| 6 | But when on first hearing of this arrangement I tried to inform Miss Kenton of it , she once again refused to converse with me , and in order to accomplish matters as quickly as possible I was actually obliged to write a note and put it under the door of her parlour . |
| 7 | At 75 I am still able to wield a pickaxe and to handle livestock around the farm , as well as lighter recreations like dinghy sailing . |
| 8 | The er Wi Witham second eleven I 'm still gon na , gon na keep that one in . |
| 9 | Sorry I am just trying . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh Marius , at last I can tell you how dreadfully sorry I am about poor Sabine dying , and in such a cruel way . |
| 11 | Yeah sorry I was also tal we were talking about our own membership |
| 12 | I 'm sorry I was so tiresomely upset just now , it 's just that I want to protect you . ’ |
| 13 | Sorry I was so quiet but I did n't know who I liked best . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry I was so late . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry I was late getting but I got held up by another lesson . |
| 16 | Sorry I 'm just , can I just sort this out before I go any further ? |
| 17 | ‘ No , sorry I 'm just over on holiday from Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 18 | Yesterday ye yeah , yesterday someone came in saying sorry I 'm late there was an accident . |
| 19 | Sorry I 'm totally unprepared for this . |
| 20 | Well I 'm sorry I 'm still I still think we should throw it out because , simply because I do n't think you 're putting forward , I do n't think that the motion er proposes the right solution to the problem . |
| 21 | Sorry I 'm still not clear . |
| 22 | Sorry I 'm only playing . |
| 23 | ( … sorry I 've got to go , sorry I 'm late , sorry I 'm so pretty , sorry I 'm a housewife , sorry I 'm not pretty enough , sorry it 's my fault , pardon me for breathing , sorry I 'm a woman . |
| 24 | It does n't have to sound confrontational ; contrast ‘ I do n't understand what you 're talking about ’ ( sub-text : ‘ you are inept at talking ’ ) with ‘ I 'm sorry I 'm so dim [ mock disclosure — and quite appropriate in my opinion , given the indirect nature of conversation ] , but could you explain that to me again in plain English ? ’ ( sub-text : ‘ I 'm not understanding you , so can you say it differently ? ’ ) |
| 25 | ‘ Sorry I 'm so late . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry I 'm so late . ’ |
| 27 | Individual exercise , does n't have to be I 'm sorry I 'm really how do you feel left out ? |
| 28 | You can rest assured I 'm always fair to them . ’ |
| 29 | I am not like that I am neither here nor |
| 30 | I happen to think that the prosecution here and the investigating team have done the very best of jobs in the right spirit and in the fairest frame of mind — of that I am totally convinced . |