Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | They say she was no more than a skeleton . |
2 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
3 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
4 | Training Ffestiniog slate men one of these days they say there is no more Ffestiniog slate and that 's it its gone bankrupt and er But I mean that can be easily arranged sort of thing . |
5 | Its disciples talk of new values , its detractors say there 's no such thing as new when you 're a hardened pro — just good and bad , successful and unsuccessful . |
6 | Angola wants Mr Savimbi to go into voluntary exile while elections are held , perhaps to return later , but his supporters say there was no such agreement . |
7 | ‘ I expect they 're the same ones he used to tell me . ’ |
8 | Yeah but as I say it 's the same as when you know we come over when we went up to the |
9 | So you say it was a few railway men that got together and |
10 | Okay Suzanne before you go for your first sail there are a few things you need to learn about basic boat controls . |
11 | Again , this is look it 's the same as this . |
12 | And I suspect it 's the same kind of actual physical complaint that women who complained of being depressed have . |
13 | I suspect it 's the same in the |
14 | Part of the chapter on motivation deals with obesity , and the discussion of theories of why we stuff ourselves is capped by a cartoon in which a chef tells a fat blimp ‘ As far as I know there 's no such thing as a diet cream puff . ’ |
15 | I know there was a few different up here . |
16 | . And er we were truthful , we tried to put our side of the argument , you know there were the few people who said , well I do n't really care , and drove in . |
17 | So this statement could be him trying to play down the incident … remember there were a few incidents where cuntona was reported to have stormed off to france . |
18 | And I know they 're the same . |
19 | Came back and there was a er it could n't turn cos there was erm Oh dear I 'm forgetting my engineering terms but er you know it 's a that 's the . |
20 | It 's the same with every com you know it 's the same with the erm interviews I 've been to before right you know what I mean ? |
21 | Because you know it 's the same thing . |
22 | Yeah I mean I assume it 's the same tube in this as the er Grundig in n it ? |
23 | I mean there was no such things as home helps and and that sort of thing in those days , it was a case of of doing it yourself . |
24 | I was n't so sure I was going to throw up now , but that same irresponsible , destructive part of my brain-just a few neurons probably , but I suppose there are a few in every brain and it only takes a very small hooligan element to give the rest a bad name — kept thinking about those fried eggs and bacon on the cold plate , and each time I almost heaved . |
25 | Suppose they 're the same family . |
26 | Er well I suppose it 's the same nowadays you know is n't it ? |
27 | I suppose it 's the same for people who used to pass joints around at parties . |
28 | I suppose it 's the same strength where ever you buy it . |
29 | To go round the er , to match , I suppose it 's the same , I do n't know . |
30 | I believe it is the former rather than the latter . |