Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waterloo I was defeated you won the war . |
| 2 | That 's the story I was thinking you were doing it today erm it 's called the green knight , but he has a name does n't he ? |
| 3 | But you dare n't take the risk of trying it on in case I was calling your bluff and would refuse you . |
| 4 | When they reached their van they drove off a short distance in case I was observing them . |
| 5 | Wrapped in a white towelling robe I was making my way back towards my room when I encountered a tall bearded man clad only in a towel . |
| 6 | I know but I 'm still not wandering around for hours I 'm warning you now ! |
| 7 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 8 | I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little |
| 9 | We 'd known that in the mountains and in due course I was to see it myself from the other side of the fence . |
| 10 | Except , that , except that of course I was doing everything for everybody . |
| 11 | It 's a unique opportunity to do something really strong for the sake of the restoration of my citizenship , while at the same time by that of course I 'm doing something for the human rights of every single citizen in Czechoslovakia . |
| 12 | ‘ Of course I 'm missing him . ’ |
| 13 | During the afternoon I was given my answer . |
| 14 | A level English , Language and Literature I 'm doing which is n't really |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't even go back to my flat just in case someone is watching it . |
| 16 | Hello , yeah , Betty 's number , I 'm just having a recording done of me while I 've been in Harlow I 'm having it done now , yeah , er so I ca n't stop alright ? alright , bye , bye . |
| 17 | In the car everyone was congratulating her . |
| 18 | Jean I was telling you all my problems . |
| 19 | Yeah granddad I was saying you know when erm you know when Richard was saying it 's an insult to be called a cockney when he 's not a cockney . |
| 20 | In these last days of the programme I am asking you to stretch your body even further than before . |
| 21 | This batch I am sending you are for keeps , if you can find a place for them ! |
| 22 | I mean by the piece I 'm reading you today , I 've already submitted to the B B C and if I sell it |
| 23 | From an enemy I am becoming my own friend . |
| 24 | So , there 's something given , that entitles feedback I was giving you then , some people referred to it as this . |
| 25 | at the speed I was doing it keeps it to that , if I 'd of kept it to fifty it would of been a lot more |
| 26 | Yeah , Saturday I 'm seeing her |
| 27 | Not mega yet , but I am such a fan I 'm pushing him high . |
| 28 | lips I am missing I like this one . |
| 29 | For instance it buys up stock which is nearing its redemption date , so as not to have to make large repayments over a short period of time . |
| 30 | The two leaders will meet again at the end of January , and later to sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourly relations by next spring which is to cement what is being described as a ‘ Treaty-based relationship . ’ |