Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and one woman said that the year , nineteen twenty one she was a bride of eighteen years old and she took Good Housekeeping and she 's got the whole lot although she 's now a very old lady , and she said my first lot of housekeeping was done in a house in Wales where we had water from the well we had to build the fires up by hand we could get Welsh coal cheaply but they had to you know use paper and kindle and we swept with brooms and my life has never been easier she said I had three children in four years and my life has never been easier she said and all these modern things came in life has got more and more complicated and difficult ! |
| 2 | In confession now he has spoken of but one blow , and I am convinced he struck but once . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 4 | you 're white we presume and |
| 5 | doing it and then because you 're good everybody comes and you cease to do it , you 're upstairs doing the books instead |
| 6 | People will stand there and they will clutch something , you see their knuckles are white you know and these sort of things erm or they 'll have their notes you know here , and let's be honest about it yeah I can remember when I started training I think you know you used to cling to your notes a three feet flipchart , you know what ca n't you see ? |
| 7 | ‘ There are those who torture and those who get tortured . ’ |
| 8 | And in a free for all there are those who survive and those who perish . |
| 9 | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness , |
| 10 | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness |
| 11 | Essentially , the industrial world was divided into ‘ them and us ’ ; a dichotomous view of the world in which there are those who manage and those who are managed . |
| 12 | Because we ourselves are Italian we live and breathe Italy and all things Italian , we see places all the year round — not just during a brief flying visit which is all other operators can afford . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry I ran and got us into this mess . |
| 14 | She said well I 'd like to go because it 's my last year and her her teacher said to her well I 'm sorry she said but no I 'm not happy with you taking time off . |
| 15 | If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them . |
| 16 | I 'm sure you do but they 're for later . |
| 17 | Put them in writing and be sure you know and he understands what you want to achieve . |
| 18 | You will be angry I know and accuse me of all manner of evil things but one thing you can not accuse me of Lily is not caring for your son upon whose life I swear I love him truly and want only what is best for him . |
| 19 | Just as with the introduction of any new technology ; be it digital typesetting , offset litho printing , Spray Mount adhesive or even a new range of inks there will be those who approve and those who disapprove . |
| 20 | But he knew that the other Beastline creatures looked to him for guidance , and he had accepted the leadership they imposed on him , for he knew that there must always be those who govern and those who serve . |
| 21 | said she might be small she said but she ai n't half put on some weight you know |
| 22 | Well I told you what she said about her and Sandra you know and I wrote and said when they you know if they felt like coming for a day that 'll be alright I said but do n't be having anything to eat I 'll bring in sandwiches , I mean I , I know I 've said it 's very kind of Sandra to say , but you ca n't , they , way your relatives are coming and bringing sandwiches can ya ? |
| 23 | And er well the carriage cleaning well A carriage cleaning inspector you just , looked after the carriage cleaners and seen that the coaches were right you know and walk along the and examine the coaches after they 'd been cleaned you see . |
| 24 | There were some who hoped and half expected that he would never get there , and indeed , fought viciously to prevent it . |
| 25 | I 'm being fussy I know but |
| 26 | There were many who talked and sang incessantly , whilst others , particularly the women , who knew they were not there for too long , refused to clean themselves and lay about like sows in their own filth . |
| 27 | By the 1870s there were many who disbelieved and who yet ‘ retained the nobler attributes of humanity ’ ; but if the bulk of humanity lost its faith then it would be hardly possible to imagine ‘ civilised and well-ordered communities ’ surviving . |
| 28 | It 's awful you sit and think about it . |
| 29 | He says now it 's typhoid he have and it 's all my fault . ’ |
| 30 | And er now it 's accepted I suppose and young firemen joining now would n't , would n't know any different , and they 'll probably be able to manage much better than I would on a fire station . |