Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obvious that he had forgotten who the man was . |
| 2 | They spoke to several people en route to the cloakroom , all of whom Natasha introduced Maggie to , explaining who the person was and what they did . |
| 3 | Ye go up there to Cajamarca , behave like a whore , try and trade yer body fur information about the position of the Santa Maria del Sud , and now ye pretend ye do n't know who the man is . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ How come you 're so sure that 's what happened if you do n't know who the man is ? ’ |
| 5 | I do know who the man is . ’ |
| 6 | We do n't know who the man was , let alone how he came to be in the river . |
| 7 | Stephen did n't know who the boy was or what he was doing on Big Allen and he did n't speak to him . |
| 8 | Do you know who the builder is ? |
| 9 | I do n't know who the buyer was . |
| 10 | ‘ How will we know who the message is for ? ’ |
| 11 | Bridget too had a similar experience : " The other girls had mixed feelings , some of them were happy for me but some thought I was a slag and a tart and that I did n't know who the father was , and they were bitchy towards me when they passed in the corridors . " |
| 12 | Though we do n't know who the woman is . |
| 13 | Well , do you know who the fellow was , Great-gran ? |
| 14 | When she does n't know who the culprit is , she makes a guess at it , and the trouble is she 's often right . |
| 15 | I do n't know who the actor is , I know who he is |
| 16 | We want to know who the boss is . ’ |
| 17 | You 'd like to know who the person is . |
| 18 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 19 | ‘ Even if you do n't happen to know who the father is ? ’ |
| 20 | You are forbidden to ask any questions or try to discover who the person is . |
| 21 | Following the recent House of Lords decision of Pepper v Hart [ 1992 ] STC 898 it is possible to refer to Hansard in certain circumstances and it is felt that it is proper to refer to the relevant Hansard to discover who the individual is referred to in the provisions . |
| 22 | Somewhere en route the Ouvéa met up with the French nuclear submarine Rubis and after the trio of DGSE agents had boarded her the yacht was sunk . |
| 23 | ‘ No thanks , I 'll come straight out with it : rumour has it a black 's taking over here . ’ |
| 24 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 25 | The WES has a network of proselytisers doing something about that , explaining what an engineer is to schoolgirls . |
| 26 | ASUTRAMES gave out leaflets , explaining what the government was trying to do with those " elections " . |
| 27 | Each new member of staff receives a five page letter from Mr Nitschke explaining what the hotel is about and he still attends the induction programme each Monday morning . |
| 28 | The Epitome or Gaius ' Institutes still distinguishes between legacies and trusts , and even goes to the trouble of explaining what the difference is . |
| 29 | And the other one just specifies what the path is , does n't it ? |
| 30 | Certainly the crisis over Maastricht is no nearer solution , especially as the Government still refuses to accept what the Treaty is about . |