Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [prep] this " in BNC.
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1 | do n't know who 's on this week , the Baron Knights were on a fortnight ago were n't they ? |
2 | Thinking aloud , he said : ‘ You realise who 's behind this ? ’ |
3 | I expect it 's in this pile somewhere . |
4 | ‘ How long has he been like this ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Looking at it now , I realise it was from this point that Diana began putting herself behind Relate and Aids charities . |
6 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
7 | Did you know what was on this morning ? |
8 | I just hope she 's in this time . ’ |
9 | But perfectly matched they are in this grand old play which seems to steadily improve with age , and which is receiving a very good production from Colette O'Neil at Perth . |
10 | cos Kenneth come up early on , he says it 's like this night he says I 'm not properly , ah right , I says I might I says were that like , I says , I says what time ? |
11 | The pathologist had said it was at this stage impossible to give an opinion but the report also said the police were treating the case as murder . |
12 | ‘ Have you seen what 's under this table ? ’ he asked eventually . |
13 | Why do you think you are like this ? |
14 | ‘ You do n't mind me being like this ? ’ |
15 | Lady Colin added : ‘ It 's preposterous to suggest we were behind this . ’ |
16 | The only time he 's ever had one was at this kid 's party Fran , Franny someone , he 's actually a bloke ! |
17 | I suppose when babies learn to walk it 's like this — you know , one foot in front of the other real slow and wobbly . |
18 | Read what 's on this afternoon . |
19 | Let's see what 's on this cos one day knock this cupboard are n't I ? |
20 | That admin course is fantastic , a re er you know I was in this r building yesterday , and I can tell you , the attendance is good I mean they have to have a real reason before they do n't come . |
21 | Doing my , my job I notice it you know I 'm in this a little bit of pressure on the . |
22 | Still the point was well made , I mean not sounding like you can sort of freeze an article to , not compromise the sort of committee , I mean , it is , dead if you give it away and you would n't consider pressure groups , they 'll pick up their report and their copies anywhere , and take bits out and quote you , I mean , I mean I know I 'm in this , I like to distort , like them to know our official disposition before it 's dead . |
23 | One of the 20 to 2,000 facts you and I did n't know about Quisling which are in this book is that he was a lifelong bigamist . |
24 | Are n't you relieved you 're in this situation with a familiar face ? |
25 | ‘ You know who 's behind this , do n't you ? ’ she challenged him . |
26 | Er centenary seems and I know we are round this table |
27 | It depends on your lifestyle you live , though , cos I got friends who are just like ah , I do n't like and you have to excuse my hairy legs running or something , I mean , I just like they 're like this , and they 've got like black hair about this long , and I 'm like oh my God , oh my God , you 're just like |
28 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
29 | Ltd. v. B.O.A.C. [ 1955 ] A.C. 169 , 191 , Lord Reid stated that if the arguments are fairly evenly balanced ( not that I believe they are in this case ) , that interpretation should be chosen which involves the least alteration of the existing law . |
30 | I suppose it was around this period that our Investigation Department began to involve the cutters in some of their more interesting operations . |