Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An accomplished 165 may have helped set up Northamptonshire 's comprehensive thwacking of Glamorgan , but the vice-captain 's overall form had not been all he would have wished , a reflection , perhaps , of a disenchanted soul . |
| 2 | It had been all she could do , as she wrote to Ellen : |
| 3 | You have free access to the family outside their house , but when they are inside you can investigate them only by looking through the windows of their house . |
| 4 | No , I think maybe if the girls had been in they might have been a bit shier and felt you know , oh we have to act you know , the lads . |
| 5 | You may have been in they may been in the infants when |
| 6 | Them funny statues they make with no eyes in and titchy little things are so we wo n't know what they 're really like . |
| 7 | I mean they 've got the least amount of people that are there are so we 'll either that or the end of the day see if it does n't get banned , right ? |
| 8 | If the chips are down I would rather be tried by an average jury than the CAA or SIB . |
| 9 | Music and horse racing are Quinn 's great passions outside football and when his playing days are over he would like to make a new career on the turf . |
| 10 | Individuals are easily marked-you can write on the shell with a pencil , paint numbers on it or saw grooves into the aperture . |
| 11 | If they are not they should be bought . |
| 12 | On occasions , the results of combining two lexical units in a construction are not what would be predicted on the basis of the principles described above . |
| 13 | If you are in Windows you will be returned to the desktop and if you are not nothing will happen . |
| 14 | Ah no ours are just you could n't tell you 'd got it on . |
| 15 | If there 's nothing on telly when we 're in I might just |
| 16 | ‘ By the state you 're in I 'd say you 've both drunk the barrel dry ! ’ |
| 17 | Disguise or not , if we 're together they 'll look at us harder . ’ |
| 18 | but we 're not we ca n't go , Angela ca n't get herself up , if she come here , who 's gon na look after Sparkie ? see what I mean |
| 19 | Now remember they 're not they ca n't be counted as your boss |
| 20 | I think also you would expect children who are really quite young , well before the first year , to be showing social interest in other adults around , and if they 're not it might be worth checking that there is n't some problem with the child . |
| 21 | I think also you would expect children who are really quite young , well before the first year , to be showing social interest in other adults around , and if they 're not it might be worth checking that there is n't some problem with the child . |
| 22 | Well if we 're not I 'll ring him up and say I 'll say er |
| 23 | You 're not I 'll fucking murder you ! |
| 24 | Er but we 're not I must explain we 're not discretionary managers . |
| 25 | Yeah I know subjects they 're not you ca n't be interested in all of them . |
| 26 | Under the Sale of Goods Act , goods must be fit for their purpose and if they 're not you can claim compensation for the full amount of your loss resulting from the breach of contract . |
| 27 | Now , that 's okay , I would do that , but it 's much better I think to say , ‘ Look , I 'm sorry they 're not there would you like to ring back when the board is open ’ , because they wo n't realise you 're not switchboard . |
| 28 | My husband always gets amazed at that , if we 're outside he 'll say to people ask , do you know if she likes her job and they , he 's amazed Ken that can |
| 29 | There 's only one woman in my life , and that is Sister Bernadette of the Nansen Trust , and when we 're through I 'd like you to ask the office to get her on the phone for me . |
| 30 | And then of course , we we also made the , at my firm , made the er Battle of Britain curtain , which was very famous , in those days , and I think they 're still I used to have one but I do n't know where the devil it went to . |