Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Artistically I was certainly the weakest student . |
2 | ‘ Yes , perhaps I am all the things you say , ’ Azmaveth replied , ‘ but you wo n't denounce me . |
3 | So I am now the only one in the entire family without a job in the real sense . |
4 | A formal dinner means that the person opposite you is probably the only one well placed for speech readability ; those on either side of you are too close . |
5 | So you 're just the two . |
6 | Inside you 're just the same . |
7 | Yes so they 're actually the least attractive bit of the dress , I think is the fastening and the boning underneath . |
8 | More incredible was that all of this violence , all of this blood and gore , all of this inhumanity and human sacrifice was being conducted in the corner of our living rooms , because suddenly it was also the nightly fodder of the television stations , who were only just realizing the potential of on-the-spot coverage of such despicable yet compelling viewing matter . |
9 | Or perhaps it 's just the effect of the Peter Pan collars . |
10 | Perhaps it 's just the baker . |
11 | Or perhaps it 's just the mix . |
12 | Perhaps it is simply the case that this is very difficult to get at by methods which are feasible . |
13 | Ellen 's is a true story ; perhaps it is even the reason why I am telling you Flaubert 's story instead . |
14 | Here , too , we have a mystery ; this time a psychological one , or perhaps it is really the province of anthropology , or archaeology , or … |
15 | Perhaps it was just the effect of the tourist season , but Spain seemed very much more prosperous , and the construction companies and property developers had their giant cranes everywhere , their crude colours looming garishly over the old amber-rose stone of the city 's most ancient monuments . |
16 | Or perhaps it was just the usual look of her rather weird eyes . |
17 | Something about the way he approached the Saab 900 Carlsson suggested that he still likes to put his foot down : perhaps it was the way his right elbow automatically felt for a resting place against the window , perhaps it was just the fact that it was his birthday ( 42 ) . |
18 | Finally the interrogators must have lost their patience , or perhaps it was just the heat of the vodka . |
19 | Perhaps it was just the times I saw him in the Div II Championship year and the season after that . |
20 | It was the only horse so far which was the right size and the right shape — or perhaps it was only the spots that detracted from Jazz 's mount . |
21 | Even Mister Johnny sat still , as if the story had lulled him , though perhaps it was only the soft sound of Hepzibah 's voice . |
22 | Perhaps it was only the effect of the cold , clinging mist but now and again I would catch a sound as if another rider were covertly following our route . |
23 | Capirossi realises the pressures of success could so easily damage his plans to retain the 125 crown , and so he 's all the more determined to do everything just as he did in 1990 . |
24 | So it is also the diet to choose if you have sensibly taken to heart the well-established benefits of reducing fat intake . |
25 | So it is all the more remarkable that in France , Spain and Italy , where politicians hesitate before being less than wholeheartedly Europhile , parties have either come into government , or may soon do so , that are less enthusiastic about European union than those they replaced . |
26 | So it is all the more striking to see what happens when those known language experiences are translated on to the page of a book . |
27 | If so it is all the greater tribute to his qualities that he never took a step to force the issue or to encourage abdication . |
28 | So it is really the same money as the oil funds . ’ |
29 | So it 's probably the last . " |
30 | The lungs sound clear , so it 's probably the airway . |