Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I meant , why would you think I 'm from that part of America ? ’ |
| 2 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 3 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 4 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 5 | I expect it 's in this pile somewhere . |
| 6 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 7 | Has he been in all day ? |
| 8 | A real heavy duty place it was in those days |
| 9 | ‘ Looking at it now , I realise it was from this point that Diana began putting herself behind Relate and Aids charities . |
| 10 | I do n't feel I 'm in any sense vaudevillian or melodramatic . ’ |
| 11 | I just hope she 's in this time . ’ |
| 12 | cos Kenneth come up early on , he says it 's like this night he says I 'm not properly , ah right , I says I might I says were that like , I says , I says what time ? |
| 13 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 14 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |
| 15 | And however well endowed he was with these qualities , he might still have difficulty on some points . |
| 16 | The pathologist had said it was at this stage impossible to give an opinion but the report also said the police were treating the case as murder . |
| 17 | If you really do n't think she 's in any danger , then I do n't know what else I can say to you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think you 're in much danger . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think you 're in any position to pass judgement on someone like Mike . ’ |
| 20 | But I mean she 's in that room . |
| 21 | In any case occupying them was of little interest to the Spanish authorities , for the islands the English settled had a much smaller area than Jamaica , the smallest and least developed of the Spanish islands ; later on , after it had been taken from the Spanish , Jamaica was the most important of the English Caribbean islands , but this only serves to show how small the English settlements were . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't believe you 're in any position to go calling anyone names , ’ she returned , affecting a calmness she was in reality a million miles from feeling . |
| 23 | God , she had thought she was above that sort of thing , once . |
| 24 | ‘ I do not think we are under any duty to publish malicious gossip , ’ he said , ‘ which remains gossip however true it may be . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He thinks we 're on another planet . ’ |
| 26 | Mr President brothers , sisters , and friends I know I 'm amongst many friends here . |
| 27 | Are n't you relieved you 're in this situation with a familiar face ? |
| 28 | Er centenary seems and I know we are round this table |
| 29 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 30 | As an Anglo-Scot , with a Scottish father and an English mother , I suppose I 'm in both camps . |