Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupils and teachers at Cheney say they 're victims of their own rigourous adherence to guidelines for working out the figures . |
| 2 | Let them be wives to you . |
| 3 | ‘ Poppa says you 're part of our family now . |
| 4 | Twelve and a half million photographs are held in the archives of Popperfoto , the picture agency that 's just moved it 's headquarters into our region . |
| 5 | If she did n't know him better , she would have said he was cross with her . |
| 6 | I guessed it was part of your plot to steer me right away from Rob — in case I corrupt him . ’ |
| 7 | Well it was the same no distinction at all in that sense , but er you know we were sort of they had more serious things to talk about than I wan er you know I knew the cook , er couple of o other apprentices from the carpenters shop we used to go into the main th there was no-one to keep an eye on us in the in the mess-room you see , no-one to tell us . |
| 8 | You know they were sort of they were cheap stalls and and the people who came were the bargain hunters . |
| 9 | Not knowing exactly WHEN Brian died , HOW much he suffered and WHO killed him is torture for her . |
| 10 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 11 | Erm I mean you know it 's sort of there were certainly there were certainly groups of black tenants and white tenants who mixed , and there were certainly groups of of white tenants who would n't mix with the black tenants and vice versa . |
| 12 | Britain may have to bide it 's time for it 's next tennis hero … |
| 13 | ‘ Not a bit , it 's just that I do n't tell anything , you see , and the Community likes that , they feel I 'm part of them . |
| 14 | I suppose we 're nutters in our own way . ’ |
| 15 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
| 16 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |
| 17 | Probably because most of us were n't really , well , quite a few of us anyway were n't thinking about sex at that time , so I suppose it was kind of you know , you just started |
| 18 | Could , local secretary for the environment , be convinced/ If the right equipment was readily available , would he encourage it 's use throughout his kingdom . |
| 19 | And my poor mam you know , she used to scrub her hands with erm it was n't Dettol it was Lysol in them days was n't it what they used to use . |
| 20 | Perhaps you feel it 's part of your duty as my host . ’ |
| 21 | He only realised they were vibrancers by their costume , for their postures were lax and their hair , unlike the tidy short haircuts of Por Tanssie students , very long . |
| 22 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 23 | ‘ I could understand it with the men , who thought I was coming-on to them , but the women 's reluctance puzzled me , until I discovered that the City people discouraged the country dwellers ( she objects to the word ‘ peasant ’ ) from having their picture taken . |
| 24 | Perhaps they thought she was part of his troupe ? |
| 25 | ‘ I thought she was friends with everybody . |
| 26 | Discreetly , once we knew they were friends of yours . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ When I first saw them I thought they were costermongers with their black and white trousers . |
| 28 | Later , I saw it was part of his fear : if I had the means to escape , perhaps I would use it ? |
| 29 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 30 | But I bet it 's plastic inside it . |