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 .
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