Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] be [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , it makes more sense to me to believe your brother was the victim of one of the many enemies I 'm sure he made in the course of his life . |
| 2 | Plenty of times I 'm sure he stayed out only to avoid Mum 's sharp tongue because there was no work to be had for any of the men . |
| 3 | As £100 means a lot to our funds I am sure it was worth all our efforts ! |
| 4 | I think this is because for the last five months I was pregnant I was so withdrawn and would n't talk to anybody — would n't go out of the house , I used to sit upstairs or here hoping she would n't kick too hard and my dad would n't see anything . |
| 5 | It was as if he were building up his own mental data bank of the organisation 's inter-personal relationship patterns , which was a form of words I was sure he would understand . |
| 6 | Losing one player does not take a team from being championship contenders to relegation candidates I 'm sure he is , but there is no bottomless pit of money , so certain players may end up being sold . |
| 7 | Yeah we have a little bit of new material , we always get every year you 'll get about you know eight or ten good new songs that people write and the one good thing about the people who write for us is that the songs sound like they 're they 're old songs which is ideal you know . |
| 8 | They were already dressed for the wedding , wearing little bits of borrowed fineries they were afraid he would notice . |
| 9 | Even to her inexperienced eyes it was clear he was no beginner , and frankly it was a pleasure to watch him . |
| 10 | ‘ In other words he was sure they were stolen , and so are you . ’ |
| 11 | From the sounds of their voices it was obvious they were both somewhere near the centre , she decided . |
| 12 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 13 | I had acquired his confidence , which I believe I still retain , but for a number of reasons which were quasi-political we drifted apart towards the end of his second premiership , and although we have remained on friendly terms , the intimacy has long vanished . |
| 14 | She turned corners she was sure she had never encountered before . |
| 15 | And they are gulls they are invisible they are human |
| 16 | He 's alright , I did n't get no hassles about like , that , no matter how many hours she 's awake she never grumbles of being tired |
| 17 | But ooh I would n't like to go back to them days I 'm sure I would n't . |
| 18 | I think there was only one because they only had one , and I got one white cos they only had one I think , it was the other colours I 'm sure I 'd got two of , I must of done , cos I mean I 've used a lot myself do n't I ? |
| 19 | Also , one of my carers — who is very caring , goes all the time , does the work for the person — is very young and quite quiet , and I feel … well last week a doctor came in to see her client , and if it had been one of the older carers I 'm sure they would have had a go at the doctor and forced him to do more than he actually did . |
| 20 | For many years I was convinced we stayed with a lady by the name of Marie Bonaparte . |
| 21 | And they 're open for almost seven days yeah on Saturdays they 're open I think they do n't open on the Sunday until ten o'clock . |
| 22 | I first discovered I had a breech baby at 30 weeks and by 36 weeks it was obvious she had a mind of her own and was going to stay that way . |
| 23 | By his writings he was confident he could modernise and re-vitalise the worship of the Church of England . |
| 24 | ‘ There are many things I am sure I could say , Mr Thabane , ’ I said . |
| 25 | Let me therefore suggest three things I am clear we ought to bother about . |
| 26 | resorting to the things I 'm sure I 'd resort to , like shoplifting or the methods of gaining money . |
| 27 | ‘ I assume you 're using the word ‘ nice ’ in the true sense of ‘ neat ’ , as in the neatly ruthless deals I 'm sure he 's notorious for clinching , or the neat asset-stripping technique which I dare say he 's renowned for ? ’ |
| 28 | But despite the happy memories I 'm glad we wo n't be racing at Spa this year , the circuit is too dangerous . ’ |
| 29 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 30 | What expression do they have when they 're thinking black thoughts about someone they 're trying to ingratiate themselves with , or when they 're being praised for qualities they 're aware they do n't possess ? |