Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [subord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully you 'll think again he 's stating , I 'm for it now . |
| 2 | I was when I actually bumped into the Bishop of the other day . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , I know some people might think we are because we occasionally partner each other , but you should have known better — or perhaps not , since you never had any scruples about being a party to another man 's infidelity six years ago , which leads me to believe that this show of conscience on Cavell 's behalf is just that — show ! |
| 4 | They were as they always were : thick enough to conceal those within while giving a perfect view out . |
| 5 | It 's like he just vanished off the face of the Earth . ’ |
| 6 | yeah , that 's the core but it needs fleshing out more and a has agreed that you know it 's if you just stuck to the Editor 's Handbook it 's too narrow and it does need , I mean B A I E in London thus far are being extremely helpful if slightly cautious and I 've to go down and talk to the revamped education committee when the revamped education committee gets around to having a meeting |
| 7 | Very often it 's to try and take advantage of price deals , but also it 's because we now know there perhaps is n't the urgency to buy a holiday in February because we know there 'll be plenty around still in June or July . |
| 8 | It 's not that the TV folk like to be topical , it 's because they rarely have the nous to come up with anything original . |
| 9 | It 's because they never miss a food or drink trick . |
| 10 | Er , I 'm a little bit out of touch , so , i if I sound hesitant it 's because I simply do n't know how much debate has been taking place , and how , systematised the relationships are going to be in the future . |
| 11 | It 's because I never had no shoes till I was three . |
| 12 | It 's because I never see anyone else . |
| 13 | It 's because you just got here . |
| 14 | That 's right , I mean why di why have we got the structure of agriculture as we have , you know why why do we still have an atomistical industry right , it 's not just a , a freak of nature , there are economic laws , erm , and opinion that s , that structure the industry and it 's because you just do n't get economies of scale staying in agriculture . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , if you must know , I think it 's because he just does n't like the idea of me leaving him . |
| 16 | I mean it is wrong and I do n't think people realize just how wrong it is until they really stop and think about it . |
| 17 | Every election , some people discover that they are unregistered , and in most cases it is because they either forgot to fill in the form , or they moved in too late in the year to qualify . |
| 18 | In part it is because they too have unknowingly taken in the prevailing stereotypes . |
| 19 | It is because we internally use our visual information and our sound information in different ways and for different purposes that the sensations of seeing and hearing are so different . |
| 20 | It is because we internally use our visual information and our sound information in different ways and for different purposes that the sensations of seeing and hearing are so different . |
| 21 | It may seem that if we succeed in adapting our values to such disturbances instead of losing them altogether , it is because we still retain some vestige of a Christian and liberal moral tradition a memory of ‘ Do unto others … ’ at the roots of social habit , which saves us from the collapse into competing egoisms into which deepening conflicts are perpetually driving us . |
| 22 | It is not that the Sergeant really objects to the constable having a legitimate excuse for being late , but it is because he too has to satisfy his superior officers that his omission to visit all the constables regularly is due to efficient Police duty . |
| 23 | If I address you collectively , it is because I no longer know who to address individually . |
| 24 | For me , it is because I only have half of that . |
| 25 | As Shirley opened the door , Jenna stiffened , her tall , slender figure held rigidly still , the back of the settee a firm place to grip with suddenly shaking fingers because for some inexplicable reason she knew who it was before he even attempted to speak . |
| 26 | She was called to the phone just before breakfast and she knew who it was before she even heard that deep Australian twang . |
| 27 | I think it was when we actually settled the erm the budget er for the various . |
| 28 | When people did not use a form of credit they had considered , usually it was because they either did not buy at all , or paid cash instead . |
| 29 | ‘ It was because you instinctively recognised her as a rival . |
| 30 | Oh , I do n't think it was because she particularly disliked me or anything like that … ’ |