Example sentences of "is [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is me standing here , ’ Dixie says patiently . |
| 2 | If you , if you listen back to that tape now all you 'll hear is them twittering away |
| 3 | ‘ Why is everyone getting so hot under the collar about it ? |
| 4 | They can not return to their villages , there is nothing to do there , ’ says one driver . |
| 5 | There is nothing to do now but wait , and believe me , midnight seems like a week away . |
| 6 | Why that silly cow has n't realised by now there is nothing doing as far as Ace is concerned God knows ! |
| 7 | Now , tonight , there is nothing to look forward to , no reason to get up in the morning or move from one day into the next . |
| 8 | Out on the flats there is nothing to hide behind and the birds must keep a sharp look out for trouble . |
| 9 | ‘ The truth is nothing has really changed . |
| 10 | There is nothing to show just yet . |
| 11 | We are negotiating that ; there is nothing settled yet . |
| 12 | Three , it is nothing to write home about … |
| 13 | Miriam : As far as I 'm concerned all that is nothing to write home about . |
| 14 | After all , a change in temperature from 15°C to 20°C from one day to the next is nothing to get too excited about . |
| 15 | There is nothing left either in womanpower or funds to devote to blowing our own trumpet , so we have been unable to impress you with the extent and importance of our work . |
| 16 | ‘ There was an Arab village here but there is nothing left now , you know . |
| 17 | But then unc Clearly unc ( If r = 0 there is nothing to prove since than |
| 18 | ‘ Obviously not , but I am not and never have been Mrs Smith , and there is nothing to prove differently . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Tell him that you believe there is someone moving below . |
| 20 | If there is someone living alone , who is retired and their income drops , they will pay less . ’ |
| 21 | is yours split there ? |
| 22 | What you wan na do is I 've just done a seven day report on the er on hazard spotting etcetera etcetera etcetera and all the different surveys we 've had on the site over the past month . |
| 23 | Well , I mean the point to make about this budget is I 've just told you about two million pounds worth of minuses , let me tell you about two million pounds of pluses that are going in . |
| 24 | I do n't know how you do sludge and that there and it 's it 's everything it 's a con you know we ought to have kept some and shown you because it is it is I 've never seen anything like it myself . |
| 25 | Yeah , it 's absolutely wonderful , it really is I mean then , so I had to cakes and so on there and |
| 26 | so show you how old it is I mean now it |
| 27 | Oh yes , there is I mean obviously we do n't do that for seventy pounds because we could n't obviously . |
| 28 | It is of course easy to overestimate such cost but it is I fear equally easy to underestimate it . |
| 29 | The Plymouth interest , that final point , is I believe as clear as Cornwall 's and the natural links in South Devon would provide the basis for a seat in which it could be better represented . |
| 30 | Really what I was saying is I think probably came over , but I will rephrase it . |