Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But some of them are bad-tempered ratbags who should be locked away in a cellar with a lot of other feminists . |
| 2 | Most of them are poor people who give their services to their neighbours and communities for little or no charge . |
| 3 | But I 'm worried about the effects they have on society , because a high proportion of them are emotional messes whose principal driving emotion is envy . |
| 4 | The Ford deal was accepted by most Aston owners ‘ with a surprising degree of sympathy , ’ says Gauntlett , ‘ largely , I suppose , because a majority of them are independent businessmen themselves , and understood the necessity . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Most of them are 16-year-old Kiwis who have n't an idea how to pull a decent pint of Guinness . ’ |
| 6 | Do you think your mother and I are happy hearing you described as Ace Barton 's latest tart ? ’ |
| 7 | I 'm hot pardon me it was not me it was my tea |
| 8 | I 'm sorry Emma it had to be done . |
| 9 | I 'm sorry Emma I truly am . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry look I . |
| 11 | Well I 'm sorry Christine I 've got to go and get dinner . |
| 12 | I said , ‘ No I 'm sorry Lesley your job is specifically for the community . |
| 13 | I 'm so I 'm sorry Jane which did you want ? |
| 14 | I 'm sorry Joan I 'll have to get through . |
| 15 | No backslash I 'm sorry slash I 'm sorry about that . |
| 16 | he might turn round and say I 'm sorry Mr you 're not suitable , alright , I 've not lost nothing |
| 17 | I 'm sorry darling I 'm sitting down and I 'm comfortable . |
| 18 | And you 'd be into time and motion and so on which I 'm sure Semina you could erm appreciate and comment on as well . |
| 19 | I 'm sure sir you 're you 're not expecting me to make a a major contribution to this particular debate , but I felt that your the , various comments have been made around the table which would make it exactly clear where the Department stands on this issue . |
| 20 | Well I 'm not sure I mean it 's interest I mean the the Council erm with another the Council looked upon attendances of the things Council do and many people who use the facilities in Harlow will argue we do n't get anything like this where we live and we always find it like that you know it 's that sort of mentality where people in Harlow may or may not say well course you get it in Harlow we expect it it 's just there it just saves we know it 's getting them people to use it but I talk to people I 'm sure people who live in Harlow or the Council to people and Harlow people tend to think well yes yes it 's all with always it 's always there . |
| 21 | Yeah , well I mean , that 's a , that 's a difficult one , inside information , when you get down below the top ranks there are lots of people in the mid mi medium-ranks who would know about insider dealing , and I 'm sure use it . |
| 22 | Now we 're fortunate with with this that if I turn it on it 's very quiet but if any of you had and I 'm sure Jeff you 've probably seen it where you get some older machines and the fan in there rattles like mad and there 's nothing worse than having that thing rattling all all the day . |
| 23 | I 'm delighted Bishop you took the opportunity to so address us and it underlines our benefit in being able to have our delegates participate in our debates and discussions . |
| 24 | I 'm surprised dad you had n't bought the pioneer system |
| 25 | They 've er they 've done fairly well there with Perhaps if it 's happen to be a time when I 'm busy Richard you might do it as vice chairman . |
| 26 | The duke and his close associates saw this small office as ‘ some mean to treat those folks who Club together and are disposed to believe that I 'm incompatible wt them ’ . |
| 27 | er I 'm afraid Chairman we do n't have the final account here |
| 28 | I I I 'm afraid Harry I 'm one of those that we take our our responsibility and if they do n't like what we 're doing they can |
| 29 | But I think this is , I think that I know it w it was the arguments that went on when we were on about going dividend stamps was very interesting , I quite enjoyed them and you can you know , definitely what came out was that erm it was a bad thing because erm people , er maybe it 's good if these stamps are going to the Co-op er going to the hospitals I 'm all for it , but I 'm afraid mine I keep them to for myself and erm er I get so few these days now my Co-op 's gone but erm you know usually I go and get a bag of er , box of teabags with mine , you know and er so I use my stamps now erm . |
| 30 | she said and now I 'm finishing school I still need them sometimes for a meal and then I 'm going out in the W R V S shop , something like that in the chain , |