Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] is [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 2 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 3 | So that new life , which I receive is from God . |
| 4 | The Everyday Electronics official policy is that anything published more than five years ago is ‘ old ’ , which I suppose is about right . |
| 5 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 6 | Now I think about it I believe I can identify a mixture of floor-polish and dust … cooking , certainly … books , yes … a touch of mildew … and an old and comfortable smell which I suppose is from Millie 's cello case in the corner . |
| 7 | The man I love is in love with someone else . |
| 8 | Right , the general point I think is on cost and consultation . |
| 9 | The jacket describes the book as being a cross between 9½ Weeks and The Third Man , which I think is about right . |
| 10 | That I think is in accordance with a common sense application of the paragraph . |
| 11 | ‘ The world I paint is under threat from many directions and this is a constant theme behind my work . |
| 12 | The world from which I come is in crisis . |
| 13 | The lasting picture I have is of devastation . |
| 14 | the only thing I have is to Scarborough . |
| 15 | After studying the detailed entries in the parish registers of a group of farming settlements in the Vale of York from 1777 onwards , Dr B. A. Holderness has concluded that , ‘ The picture which emerges is of village communities refreshed by an influx from similar settlements lying at a comparatively short distance away . ’ |
| 16 | Thirdly , we had the 1985 Report by the then Association of Health Service Treasurers on managing capital assets in the NHS ( AHST , 1985 ) , in the light of which work is under way at three DHAs on setting up comprehensive asset systems . |
| 17 | A report will be produced daily for each unit of work , detailing those entries in the Working-Set on which work is in progress or which require attention . |
| 18 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 19 | ‘ The lad you want is under lock and key , ’ said Cadfael , dismayed . |
| 20 | All you want is for things |
| 21 | ‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles . |
| 22 | The bacteria destroys flesh , so what you smell is in fact rotting flesh . |
| 23 | This is most effectively demonstrated in the case of Sony 's Walkman , where the bass sound you hear is in effect a trick created by using cross-frequencies to ‘ synthesise ’ low bass in the mini-headphones ; it sounds low , but out loud there would be no real impact because it does n't actually exist ! |
| 24 | The finish is up to you , whether you clock is in kit form or assembled and polished , you can choose from traditional polished finishes and colours , or lacquer finish in black or white , or even limed in pastel colours . |
| 25 | ‘ A proper regard for human dignity leads to proper respect for human life from its origin , which IVF itself demonstrates is at fertilisation . |
| 26 | Others say that the resemblance one notices is between sensations , and that what one means when one says something is white is that a sensation one has on looking at it resembles a sensation one has had before and to which one gave the name ‘ sensation of white ’ . |
| 27 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 28 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 29 | It 's then we 've got of course and once we 've got it , we 've got ta take on board the implications in relation to what the training we provide is in relation |
| 30 | If the first criticism we read is of Shakespeare ( an Othello casebook , typically ) , then the first contemporary poe we come across is probably Ted ( ‘ a black — /Back gull bent like an iron-bar slowly ’ ) Hughes . |