Example sentences of "[det] [det] [noun sg] i be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I 've got some more time I 'm going to offer my services again . |
| 2 | With all that liquid I 'm not surprised can you watch him with that tin ? |
| 3 | All that summer I was ill — they said they thought it was glandular fever — but I know it was my way of reacting to my father 's death . |
| 4 | I could hear myself groaning like an old pig ! and the doctor told me to use all that energy I was expending on the noise to push with ! |
| 5 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 6 | All that morning I was frightened that my sister would discover that I had stolen from her , but luckily she was so busy cleaning the house , and roasting the chickens for our Christmas lunch that she did not notice that I had been out , or that any food was missing . |
| 7 | All that evening I was obsessed by a feeling of dread . |
| 8 | All this time I was desperately worried about my family . |
| 9 | All this time I was trying to make a little money by doing hack-work translations of French and German children 's stories . |
| 10 | All this time I was working on the hero 's book . |
| 11 | All this time I was putting the finishing touches to our hero 's book . |
| 12 | But he said , " Do n't sleep with him " , and all this time I was pregnant . |
| 13 | In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ . |