Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must think I 'm a very stupid person ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You must think I 'm a very foolish woman , Captain . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You must think I 'm a very stupid person ! ’ |
| 4 | Do you know she 's a little |
| 5 | Do you know there 's a very rich lady called Mrs d'Urberville living on the other side of the wood ? |
| 6 | Miss Menzies suddenly stood up , looked him straight in the eyes and said , ‘ Do you know it 's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer ? ’ |
| 7 | Ah yes , this one 's been , we 've all been very organised on this , you know , so it 's been better than most , but , 'cos er you were , er you 've seen it and your listeners who 've seen it will know it 's a very complex play , so it 's made us get more disciplined to start with . |
| 8 | I do n't know he 's a really nice bloke oth otherwise but |
| 9 | Conservative Protestant Christians may pursue what is a rather different Christology which issues in opposition to the ordination of women . |
| 10 | Such an unsettled lifestyle made it difficult for Pauline to accumulate much in the way of household possessions , but what it did give her was a very cosmopolitan view . |
| 11 | It is one of the obvious benefits , congress , that what that will give us is a much higher profile in the construction and construction-related industries . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do n't think she is a very big fan of Indian food , ’ says Nayab . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't think she is a very nice person . |
| 14 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you not think you 're a little young for all this ? |
| 16 | I do n't think you 're a very good detective , I 've given you loads of clues . |
| 17 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I can see you 're a very obstinate woman , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Ca n't you see there 's a bloody great lorry coming ? ’ |
| 20 | So you can see it 's a very very good contract . |
| 21 | Even if cosy was n't the word she would have applied to the conservatory opening out before her she could see it was a little more intimate than the vast medieval refectory in which they 'd previously dined . |
| 22 | You can see he 's a very strange man … if he twitches after eating meat pies and he stops eating meat pies and stops twitching it does n't matter if it 's psychological or not . ’ |
| 23 | And you can see he was a very happy person . |
| 24 | I must confess I was a little disappointed when I first saw him , because he looked such a little old scrap after me being used to sheepdogs . |
| 25 | Let's hope it was a nicely balanced beer with a scintillating nose and a fanciful body . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think there 's a more contented little family anywhere . |
| 27 | I do n't think there 's a very great deal in the way of er lighting fittings one can talk about erm in houses in Harlow , it 's er , there 's a , a distinct difference between the light , a lot , lot of architects in , in Harlow have lived in Harlow you see and they will go in for all the very latest type of lighting fittings erm and because they have er access to the books for the various er designers of lighting fittings er , generally though , they , the majority of the people in the town er have come from er London boroughs and erm they view the same kind of lighting fittings they 've always been used to . |
| 28 | I should think there 's a very high probability that it will because as I said to you earlier , the , yes . |
| 29 | ‘ I should think there 's a very good chance . |
| 30 | Before she could answer there was a loud banging on the front door . |