Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency . |
| 10 | ‘ I asked is the haddock finnan ? ’ said a querulous voice . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | What I advocate is exuding an aura of femaleness . |
| 17 | An example of the latter point I made is shown on pg 45 where he tells of how he came to know Eddie . |
| 18 | My colleagues were present sir and have informed me that the comment that I made is actually accurate . |
| 19 | After the massacre , he wrote , ‘ All I regret is that any of the sept got away . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 22 | It means I regret is I regret and is it . |
| 23 | North Yorkshire 's interpretation I repeat is not strictly controlled means not normally be permitted . |
| 24 | What I mean is that you will find little use for the basic ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences of block followed by counter-attack . |
| 25 | ‘ What I mean is you should have a reasonably clean bill of health by then , ’ Doctor Staples said . |
| 26 | ‘ All I mean is , you should be a bit more careful , ’ Nigel said primly . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | What I mean is he 's gone for a chop-job . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ No — what I mean is — if he 's sitting at home while you do all the work , why is n't he happy ? |