Example sentences of "be [adv] [pers pn] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Are n't I equally determined by the grand unified theory ?
2 Why are n't you not allowed the pink bits ?
3 Are n't you just bowled over with my brilliance ?
4 The last time I 'd been there I nearly got caught bunking my fare .
5 His voice , though , was getting stronger every minute , which might have been why he alone dispensed with the formality of leaving the stage between encores .
6 Is n't it attractively done ?
7 Is n't he ever robbed ? ’
8 Usually this has been emphasised as an attempt to make a statement about which people in the population are most likely , given other interacting events , to develop psychotic illness ; in fact that is how we initially phrased the question here .
9 and it a it had happened to of slipped away at that time and I went to step off , and , with it not being blown up properly that 's how it just flattened and I went off sid I 've still got a big bruise on my left knee !
10 No , no , no , that 's when they finally agreed
11 That 's when he actually got into the ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ period and when the show extended a bit more into the theatrical — more props with street scenes , a huge lift chair that went over the audience , and things like that .
12 I fully understood what she was saying to you the day you visited Kinghorn , which is why I almost burst out laughing . ’
13 Which is why I personally ordered that the thing should be tracked twenty-four hours a day .
14 of this discussion was the fact that we had , and it was , certainly was the last time we talked about it because that 's why we only sent one person on it .
15 ‘ You thought I was on the pill , of course , that 's why you never used a sheath or anything .
16 That 's why you never got any runs . ’
17 ‘ Do n't say that 's why you always lived in holes , ’ it said .
18 that 's why I really wanted to try all these other avenues cos I 'd watched them all and , and each one , no disrespect to any of them , but
19 I mean er that 's why I never done the yesterday .
20 that 's what I said to mum , you know , that 's why I so wanted to pass me , me test , cos I said to mum erm , see I kept it , I only had six hundred quid redundancy , six hundred and twenty eight pounds , that 's all I had , apart , I had me wages what was owed and me holiday pay , but my , me actual redundancy cheque was only six hundred and twenty eight quid
21 ‘ That 's where I really lost money , ’ says Mrs Orchardson .
22 And that was the real reason why it was stopped , because the the the the other dockers were going to refuse to allow ships to leave the ports with arms , and that 's where it really stopped , but you never heard , you do n't hear about it now in history .
23 ‘ And that 's where you always wanted to be , was n't it ? ’ she said with a slow shake of her head .
24 It was all he most hated .
25 The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century .
26 It 's just that — at first he seemed to be so nice , he was so charming , he was a lot of fun — most of the time — and I did n't realise that was all he really wanted from me .
27 Now the war was over she seriously thought that the answer might be to move from Cramer altogether .
28 While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two .
29 Why was n't he more upset ?
30 I was n't smiling , but was n't I particularly troubled .
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