Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] be [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wanted to marry me — he told me I was all he needed to make his life perfect . |
| 2 | I it 's just you know |
| 3 | when , when the does , when the Twiggys came in and and the , the the angular woman er , of which I am not I wonder if that was the male view or what is the wo , the view that women have of themselves ? |
| 4 | We used to call him Daddy Wilkins because he was the father of a large family , but they had all grown up , got married and spread about , so he was left on his own — probably not able to cook for himself which is why he went to live at Mrs Raw 's place . |
| 5 | ‘ I know who I was when I got up this morning , but I have changed so often since then . |
| 6 | Gittens said : ‘ I am sure no-one knew who I was when I sat among the Boro fans . |
| 7 | But anyway , she went to so she had she she was n't she 'd been very pro American until I decided I was gon na emigrate . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry I have to ask you to say who you are before you speak . |
| 9 | I I er I er our office now appears in exactly the same way as the other two , namely that you need to announce yourself and who you are before you get let in the door . |
| 10 | You you do n't go from er you you 're not you have n't got like ongoing assignments three or four at the same time ? |
| 11 | passed through , because they did n't stop at Needham and er but I always thought , you see , there were , I do n't know several clerks in that office as I remember but I ca n't remember who they were anyway I did n't have , we did n't have much to do with them . |
| 12 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
| 13 | Maybe hon. Members will know who it was when they hear the next part . |
| 14 | Something I 'm not I 've no idea until I see it . |
| 15 | but I know Kay was n't very pleased with Sister about these sort of erm stout things , cos Sister said well if they 're not collected by the time of the next jumble , we sort of empty the cupboard and put them all in for erm the jumble sale Kay said to me they 're not hers to do that with |
| 16 | And the thing is , by the time I by the time I chased her I was so I do n't know , do n't even know where the photo is now . |
| 17 | See Mary Ann and Mitch are giving up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says you 're buying things for people and they everybody 's therefore I think that tokeny things are the best . |
| 18 | It it 's where you do n't have to wear body armour . |
| 19 | There 's very little room for the qualitative work I 've been talking about : it it is there it tends to get tacked on to an existing project when the sociologist is brought in to provide expertise on survey design or interviewing or to use a standard measure of patient ‘ quality of life . ’ |
| 20 | I ca n't remember where it was now but it it was certainly you know probably one of the er new er very new universities you know the ex-polys |
| 21 | On and on about it he was when we walked up to the bridge . ’ |
| 22 | And he he was n't he said they can only stand the water problem so long so what they can do with it I do n't know . |
| 23 | I said no I do n't , he said well what I was anyway he said I 'm retired now . |
| 24 | Er more houses to what there is now you know . |
| 25 | ‘ Be quiet ! ’ he ordered , and before she knew what he was about he had snatched at her white cap and pulled it off . |
| 26 | Off balance , she had to release her grip in order to save herself , and before she knew what he was about he had tossed the pitchfork into the next stall , and kicked her feet out from under her . |
| 27 | To see what happens when people pretend that a currency is worth what it is not we have only to consider Germany 's monetary union . |
| 28 | Left to itself and that is what it is when it dies — the body tends to revert to a state of equilibrium with its environment . |
| 29 | I I hope so I think it was er er we bridged you know I mean maybe you know it 's often the way is n't it you know you think that 's something going on and you think it 's different to what it is when he realized we were all very level headed and that er . |
| 30 | have to double that , cos when you wiggle the wires here what it is when you wiggling the wire you 're moving the thing contact , I said if you wiggle the wire it 's alright it 's sort of coincidental |