Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I was in eight and a half hours yesterday , eight hours a day before |
| 2 | Oh , well , I say I 'm on early but I will be , I could be an early or a late . |
| 3 | Thinking aloud , he said : ‘ You realise who 's behind this ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 5 | And you got you got the man from the Terminator , Arnold Schwarzenegger a big heavy monster build who was in Total Recall , Raw Deal , what else ? |
| 6 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 7 | When you forty pee it 's like eight pounds |
| 8 | I expect it 's in this pile somewhere . |
| 9 | I expect he was like all the rest indoors , could n't find his way out of a paper bag . |
| 10 | I say it 's for young fellows like yourself and myself , ’ Fonsie said . |
| 11 | Well , I mean , say it 's like that where you just polishing with a cloth or something |
| 12 | But I say it 's in peculiar bloody works . |
| 13 | But as i say it was like that for two or three years . |
| 14 | A real heavy duty place it was in those days |
| 15 | Oh it was terrible when Jackie went in , god her , her leg it was like two of my legs |
| 16 | ‘ Looking at it now , I realise it was from this point that Diana began putting herself behind Relate and Aids charities . |
| 17 | Shame it 's in Mexican pesos worth only £160 |
| 18 | They say he was aged 28 to 32-years-old with dark hair . |
| 19 | The Ayatollah Khomeini may have died , the demonstrations may have dwindled , the book which precipitated the whole bizarre nightmare may no longer be burned in scenes of spine-chilling ugliness , but let no-one be in any doubt : Iran still wants Salman Rushdie dead . |
| 20 | Put I 'm in full time education tick it pay for it she said er what you on then ? |
| 21 | I hope she 's worth all the expenses , he thought , as be refilled her glass . |
| 22 | I just hope she 's in this time . ’ |
| 23 | It reads : ‘ Dear Tod Friendly : I hope you are in good health . |
| 24 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 25 | This was the 11th successive Headingley Test to produce a positive result : the last drawn match there was in 1980 ( West Indies ) . |
| 26 | Says Bob , ‘ It 's amazing how much co-operation and support there is between these growers . ’ |
| 27 | Old ladies trapped in time imagine they are in 1929 and love 's first blossoms are just around the corner , an old man feels angry and cheated that 40 years of his life have disappeared . |
| 28 | I hope they 're in safe hands . |
| 29 | I imagine he 's in good health . |
| 30 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |