Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further great grievance that exists in this force in the Division where I am is that the Section Sergeant dare not enter any Station while he is on duty unless he signs the main station book ; yet the plain clothes P.C.s and Detective Constables , and even uniform P.C.s can go into the Station as often as they think and there is no order that any of them must sign in and out . |
| 2 | Or if someone says What are you doing ? we can just answer Eating a mango instead of I am eating a mango because we know that I am is understood and does not have to be said . |
| 3 | er , well I 'm , I 'm a waitress and erm when I 'm working I consider the restaurant my stage and I have to be somebody else because I 'm worried that you know who I am is n't good enough to entertain these people . |
| 4 | Erm , for instance , suppose that I think that one of the things that er makes me who I am is erm that I have a good head for numbers . |
| 5 | But where I am is in something of a dilemma , because if we do n't recruit anybody now it seems to me unlikely that we will actually manage to reduce our times , that would in tern would mean we 'd actually want more staff next year erm , so I have set out a series of options . |
| 6 | All that I have , and all that I am is now yours , I invest it in you , it is yours . |
| 7 | saying is that , all I 'm is erm why do n't you erm ke do n't think of the money because how valuable is she to you ? |
| 8 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |
| 9 | So I said , I 'm sorry , no I 'm is it , the law officer , spur of the moment , I mean , I did n't know I was gon na finish up there . |
| 10 | And the child you are is the joy of God , |
| 11 | He identified totally with the Prussian cause , and if to remain exactly as you are is an ambition , then he identified with Junker ambition too . |
| 12 | One of the most flattering things ever said to me was by a teacher who said , ‘ Kinnock , I 'd like to call you lazy but nobody who 's as big a nuisance as you are is lazy . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm glad to come back to you , and wherever you are is my home — my only home . ’ |
| 14 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 15 | Social learning theorists say that everything you are is a result of socialisation — everything is learnt and nothing is innate . |
| 16 | I suppose accepting yourself as you are is very sexy . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's quite simple , really , David — I love you , and where you are is where I want to be . |
| 18 | about half way down , well where you are is you . |
| 19 | But the next best thing is for more money towards fourteen to nineteen education so that 's very welcome at least and was widely supported in the various versions we saw this morning , my concern is with the way in which this money is to got from the centre to the school and I 'd like to speak very strongly in favour of what if I got what you 're is education so that we aim to assist schools to build on their own interests and and not have it parcelled out by some central authority which is and which a sigh of this is an area of great relevance to schools |
| 20 | Was there any scenes with all all the characters in , because that , I mean , you 're is n't it . |
| 21 | His appeal to logic is mistaken : you were is both singular and plural in Standard English . |
| 22 | Yes she 's is n't she ? |
| 23 | She 's is his cousin . |
| 24 | er , what was was I saying , the I do n't know what George has all the customers , I mean , she 's is n't even particularly |
| 25 | She 's is a , quite a |
| 26 | And another thing , she did n't have to do well her mother 's erm her mother-in-law seems a bit erm bad tempered with her , like , she 's is that she did n't have to tell John , her ex-husband that there 's anything the matter like and and , and that 's when she she , all she wants to do is get him against me . |
| 27 | She 's is using it . |
| 28 | You think she is Is she ? |
| 29 | Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . |
| 30 | She is is n't she ? |