Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] is " in BNC.

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1 What all of them contend is that the auditory effect of all English-language verse can only in a schematic and starveling fashion be pin-pointed by applying the only two measurements that traditional scansion recognizes : on the one hand the number of syllables , on the other the number of occurrences of ictus or ‘ stress ’ .
2 The name of the doctor you want me to see is Pool .
3 ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances .
4 this the , what makes me laugh is that people 's intelligence , they walk along a street shopping and as soon as they walk into a restaurant they sit down and start smoking
5 makes me laugh is , that you get all these toys for children , sort of , nought to three months
6 but what makes me laugh is doctor he 's , I think he 's absolutely cracked
7 There are laws against discrimination but to get them respected is another matter .
8 For them driving is a relaxing hobby and its all about having fun … except that is when the judge is watching …
9 But it is by no means true that an ad which everyone notices is necessarily good — it may be noticed for reasons which are totally irrelevant to the strategy .
10 The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency .
11 I asked is the haddock finnan ? ’ said a querulous voice .
12 Well the specific question I asked is whether you 've quantified in percentage terms erm perhaps Group Captain you could give us an indication of how it has affected it ?
13 Apart from a very small number of older key texts , the literature I cite is purposely recent literature , which can of course always be used to track the historical contributions , if the reader so wishes .
14 ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’
15 The most popular German salami that I sell is the square peppery variety , which is very finely minced pork and beef coated on the outside with ground black peppercorns ( see p7 ) .
16 The functionalist view I advocate is that mental phenomena emerge as a result of the way that the neurons etcetera are functionally organized in the brain , not as a result of the physical properties of neurons per se .
17 What I advocate is exuding an aura of femaleness .
18 An example of the latter point I made is shown on pg 45 where he tells of how he came to know Eddie .
19 My colleagues were present sir and have informed me that the comment that I made is actually accurate .
20 After the massacre , he wrote , ‘ All I regret is that any of the sept got away . ’
21 ‘ What I regret is that we did n't force the bank into this situation 15 months ago when we first approached it over the demerger .
22 ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent .
23 It means I regret is I regret and is it .
24 North Yorkshire 's interpretation I repeat is not strictly controlled means not normally be permitted .
25 What I mean is that you will find little use for the basic ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences of block followed by counter-attack .
26 ‘ What I mean is you should have a reasonably clean bill of health by then , ’ Doctor Staples said .
27 ‘ All I mean is , you should be a bit more careful , ’ Nigel said primly .
28 The sort of shade I mean is the dappled shade cast by mature apple trees and maples or by the high branches of an oak .
29 What I mean is he 's gone for a chop-job .
30 That may sound strange — what I mean is , I 'm always trying to imagine what they think of me ; I do n't seem able to look from inside of myself , outwards .
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