Example sentences of "[pron] are [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then Keenan and me are pretty drunk ; and they keep stealing our bottle from the dressing room , so we 'd go across the street and get another jug . |
| 2 | VOTERS like me are surely one of the reasons why the Conservative Party was returned to power . |
| 3 | I notice , however , that your reasons for not sleeping with me are purely practical . |
| 4 | By this time Keenan and me are really drunk and I said , ‘ Well , what are we waiting for ? ’ and we go over . |
| 5 | My sister and me are very close , so this woman gave me a giro to go to my sister 's — they took me to the station and put me on the train . |
| 6 | If I am dependent on you ( subordinate-boss ) , then your perceptions of me are more distorted , and vice versa . |
| 7 | Some people , it seems to me are never satisfied . |
| 8 | The hundred books on the table in front of me are so many tongs that pinch out the nerve of independent thought … one can not go one 's own way independently enough " ; and , from 1868 , a sardonic dismissal of " the philologists of our time " for " their joy at capturing worms and their indifference to the true problems , the urgent problems of life " . |
| 9 | Even feminists , most of whom are traditionally opposed to pornography , have voiced approval for what the amateur performers are doing . |
| 10 | Altogether eighteen artists took part , all of whom are either practising or have been carpet designers in the past . |
| 11 | Although most Gazans — 70% of whom are under 35 — have known nothing but the Israeli occupation that started in 1967 , the young are fired with the idea of resistance , however futile . |
| 12 | To most of Mongolia 's population , close to two-thirds of whom are under 24 , their economic plight , like the weather , has never been worse . |
| 13 | It 's a challenge for the cast , some of whom are severely disabled . |
| 14 | It is assumed that provisional agreement has been reached between prospective partners , all of whom are fully qualified solicitors ; that the firm name has been chosen and premises identified ; that certificates and licences have been obtained as necessary in relation to specialist aspects of the work of the practice and registration obtained for VAT ; that the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund has been informed of the existence of the new practice ; and generally that there is no legal or professional obstacle to accepting instructions from clients . |
| 15 | The nature of the Premier League club chairmen , most of whom are highly successful businsessmen , not without confidence in their own judgement , makes it almost impossible for them to give others carte blanche . |
| 16 | In December the City Committee of the Belgrade Party ( which is the largest city organization of communists in Yugoslavia , with nearly a quarter of a million of members , many of whom are highly influential federal and Serbian bureaucrats ) elected as its new president Professor Radoš Smiljković , professor of political science at Belgrade University . |
| 17 | Among the manufacturers houses are likewise scattered an infinite number of cottages or small dwellings , in which dwell the workmen which are employed , the women and children of whom are always busy carding , spinning , &C. so that no hands being unemploy 'd , all can gain their bread , even from the youngest to the antient ; hardly any thing above four years old , but its hands are sufficient to itself … |
| 18 | Mr for the defendant effectively accepts that , but says that having regard to Mr er undoubted success in regard to provision of one to one assistance in relation to other children , some of whom are less disabled than Paul , that I should try and look to local authority will provide thirty hours assistance or thereabouts after say eighteen months and that therefore in this regard the defendant should pay for only one and a half years of er enabler 's time . |
| 19 | Its programmes are presented by well-established ‘ personality ’ broadcasters , some of whom are very music-oriented . |
| 20 | ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me . |
| 21 | And that applies not just to young people — too many of whom are still dismissive of safe sex — but the parents who worry that their teenagers will become infected with the virus . |
| 22 | But it intends to protect the incomes of the smallest European producers , many of whom are only part-time farmers . |
| 23 | A relative in the same village had goods valued at no more than 6s. 8d. , though enjoying an income of £3. 6s. 8d. from land , which , in this poor region , may , rather than £5 , have been the minimum for gentlemen , many of whom are only identifiable by their landed incomes . |
| 24 | Many of them are particularly useful for brightening up shady positions . |
| 25 | Domal uplifts with rifts cutting across them are particularly common in East Africa where the East African Rift System comprises a whole series of such structures ( Fig.4.11 ) . |
| 26 | Eight of them are over 70 . |
| 27 | ‘ They are old , practically all of them are over 60 , and traditionally not given to any kind of positive relations with blacks , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ The age structure of our customers as provided by the latest survey is as follows — approximately 50% of them are over 40 years ; some 25% are in the 20–40 age group ; while the remaining 25% are aged below 20 years . |
| 29 | cos some of them are dead wrong |
| 30 | Some of my friends laugh about it , they do n't get dressed up , a lot of them are dead scruffy , others are like me . |