Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do you mean , Tony and me are in good health ? |
| 2 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 3 | aye but I mean some of them are on this Committee as well I mean Wendy and I for a start erm so that would be good right let's try and give that one a |
| 4 | Some of them are of great value in treating cancers , but mifepristone acts by blocking the hormone progesterone , which is essential for the maintenance of a pregnancy . |
| 5 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 6 | The Bill is bound to be extensively amended before it reaches the statute book — at the time of writing 16 , amendments have been put down by the Government and 25 of them are of major importance — but it is believed that few if any of these amendments will affect settlements under which there is subsisting an interest in possession . |
| 7 | The children with no-one to protect them are in headlong confrontation with the police . |
| 8 | With regard to these countries , the study finds that it is important that they do not attempt to keep their existing inter-industry specialisation as many of them are in low value added and labour-intensive sectors , and therefore face strong competition from the LDCs . |
| 9 | Many of them are in Jamaican Creole , mixed to varying degrees with English . |
| 10 | Most of them are in legal trouble . |
| 11 | The operating theatres at RAF Wroughton were built last year … but only three of them are in regular use . |
| 12 | But many of them are in dire need of repair . |
| 13 | Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend the Minister and I are in frequent contact with the president of the National Farmers Union about all aspects of the agriculture industry , including the beef sector . |
| 15 | Chancellor Kohl and I are in frequent contact by telephone to discuss matters of mutual interest . |
| 16 | I have heard Shirai and Höll do nothing better than their reading of this cycle which , sated though I am through repeated hearing of the work , I found gripping from start to finish . |
| 17 | ‘ That is because I am under this roof . ’ |
| 18 | It is not , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , that I am under any illusion on this score . |
| 19 | I am at that crossroads . |
| 20 | A while ago I considered changing my snookering nickname ( which I am at complete liberty to do , because I 'm the only one who uses it ) , to take account of the New Weather : global warming , and so on . |
| 21 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 22 | I am as well darling ! |
| 23 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 24 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 25 | The reception , a buffet , so glad you could come , yes did n't she , yes I am , O ha ha Uncle Tom 's sozzled ha ha good old Uncle Tom , accustomed as I am to public speaking , a glass of champagne cider each , I give you the Bride 's parents I My own parents looking a bit sick of all the tipsy Irish . |
| 26 | Looking at her he thought , ‘ Do I realize how important I am to this woman ? |
| 27 | ‘ I am to some extent on home ground there , ’ she said , reluctantly and not looking at him . |
| 28 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 30 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |