Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.

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1 Actuality of warden describing the snake followed by interview where she sez it 's the first time she'stouched a grass snake and slow worms .
2 In addition , the chief finance officer of a local authority has a duty to report to councillors and auditors if he or she believes there is the possibility of the authority incurring unlawful expenditure ( Local Government Finance Act 1988 : clause 14 ) .
3 It 's important to him that everyone knows he is the champion , that he is better than anyone else and not necessarily looking for easy pay days .
4 Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding .
5 that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert .
6 And anyway yesterday morning she said oh she said I 'm in luck today so I said what 's the matter then and she said .
7 That she wanted it was the cocoa butter one and that 's the only one I could find .
8 Well , the unit that we use there is the light year , which is the distance that light can travel in one year , and the nearest stars are about a light year away .
9 The reason we did those mailings is because of the warning that we had they were the only mailings available by the way .
10 We found out that they thought he was the captain giving out safety instructions because we were about to sink .
11 It coincided with his drawing back from her so that it appeared he was the one to call a halt first .
12 When the company indicated that it considered it was the fairest situation that could be achieved in the circumstances , the union representatives said that they noted the company 's position .
13 Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services .
14 He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through .
15 He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through …
16 The word book in The book that he gave me is the antecedent of that .
17 Beneath the heaven of feeling that he needed her were the remnants of pain caused by the memory of how he had looked at her the morning after they had made love .
18 And everyone reckoned it was the album that Talk Talk had always wanted to make .
19 My father always considered that you were as good as old Granpa Charlie and everyone knows he was the best . ’
20 but the Principal of the Technical Institute at Lowestoft was quite a character , a Mrs , a Miss G C and I remember it was the day after the erm , the bombing and the building was pretty well devastated and er Miss rung up and said , she 'd got an idea she said erm how about hiring a bus , a double-decker bus , I could have my classes in the bus and erm
21 and I mean what 's the link between Hitler and communism ?
22 And I know they 're the same .
23 ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard .
24 But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’
25 I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do .
26 I made my escape you would say , and I know it was the coward 's way out , because I have to confess that I thoroughly enjoyed the proceeds .
27 We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’
28 We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see .
29 But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest .
30 It always used to go out of tune and I thought it was the tuners , but in fact the trouble was with that old Gibson vibrola — a terrible thing , really cheap .
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