Example sentences of "'m [adj] they [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I says , er I 'm sorry they 're not available at the moment . |
| 2 | Now , that 's okay , I would do that , but it 's much better I think to say , ‘ Look , I 'm sorry they 're not there would you like to ring back when the board is open ’ , because they wo n't realise you 're not switchboard . |
| 3 | Well that I can remember belongs to Mary but I 'm afraid they 're not very strong . |
| 4 | ‘ No , Len , I 'm afraid they are n't … |
| 5 | " Well — er — I 'm afraid they were n't Gainsboroughs , " he said . |
| 6 | Alf Dubs , the former Labour MP who is director of the British Refugee Council , said : ‘ I 'm sure they 're not all genuine refugees . |
| 7 | I read only last week , for instance , that the N S P C C is suffering severely from the recession and higher running costs , and I 'm sure they 're not alone . |
| 8 | And I said , I 'm sure they 're not . |
| 9 | I 'm sure they were n't meant to be there , but the solo probably felt so good that they decided the Ds were n't horrific enough to worry about . |
| 10 | I 'm sure they were n't . |