Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] 's [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if he 's simply got tired of the pressure and gone off for six months to play golf and be with his family , they usually say he 's short of bottle . |
| 2 | You see what what I 'm up against is , I mean the physio who , who , I mean she 's private of course |
| 3 | ‘ You mean she 's frightened of the doctor and she thinks you 're going to send for him behind her back ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 5 | I know it 's unfair of me and horribly troublesome for you , but please believe that I 'm not going to start importuning you — or anything like that . |
| 6 | When menacing frontman David Yow begins to scream , ‘ I 'm calm now/I 've calmed down/but I 'm shaking ’ during ‘ Boilermaker ’ , you know he 's aware of the situation . |
| 7 | I hear he 's fond of his computer . |
| 8 | They also know what 's expected of them |
| 9 | Okay so they , they know what 's expected of them but they would without having had the practice or the experience |
| 10 | I suppose she 's afraid of anything happening to her friend as a result . |
| 11 | Bet she 's double of me . |
| 12 | ‘ I doubt it 's top of the list . ’ |
| 13 | I think she 's glad of the rest to be honest |
| 14 | They wo n't lay anyone a decent bet if they think he 's capable of backing a winner . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think he 's afraid of Duke Michael . ’ |
| 16 | In public relations-speak it 's evocative of the warmth and ambience of that balmy south-eastern corner of France . |
| 17 | I 'm , in my own mind , I 'm sure this is due to a proliferation of working parties , extra committee meetings a , a , and seminars , and I personally think it 's typical of when your party get anywhere near control that there is always more talking and less action , but I do believe that we , we , we 're , we are not looking good in the eyes of the public in this overspending of our own allowances . |
| 18 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 19 | I think it 's ridiculous of Alistair but he , it is his business , you see , I 'm gon na use the phone a hell of a lot when I get mine going , but I will |
| 20 | ‘ I think it 's full of roses and beautiful flowers . |
| 21 | Yes , I mean you put your finger on an important problem here that we need to discuss and that is that if you concentrate on human beings in general , and this is true on our own society but I , I think it 's true of just about all societies and it 's emphatically true of primal hunting adult societies then men do make a lot of parental investment do n't they ? |
| 22 | Perhaps you think it 's foolish of me to want just a ‘ good morning ’ , but you have never loved a beautiful woman like yourself , as I do . ’ |
| 23 | And I think it 's unfair of them , I think it 's irresponsible of them to just criticise detailed budgets that are well thought out like ours , like ours always were |
| 24 | And I think it 's unfair of them , I think it 's irresponsible of them to just criticise detailed budgets that are well thought out like ours , like ours always were |