Example sentences of "[be] [art] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It must have been the noise that woke me up , ’ Jessamy retorted sarcastically . |
2 | ‘ Her name is Robyn Doreian , ’ Must have been the spelling that clinched it . |
3 | Even more valuable has been the friendship and help she found while attending a young women 's support group . |
4 | It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep . |
5 | ‘ The only people doing any laughing are the gypsies that sell it to you , ’ she 'd retort . |
6 | What are the signs that tell us whether or not we are making genuine progress in a particular area of study ? |
7 | These are the keys that set up to success , so , these are the bits that earn you money . |
8 | So are the policies that affect it |
9 | The things they have in common , or critical attributes , are the things that help us to define a concept , which in turn helps us to identify further examples of that class of things . |
10 | These are the things that make us afraid , and we build ourselves secure places so as that we ca n't or do n't have any need to be afraid . |
11 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
12 | ‘ We are the part that allows them to retain their customers , ’ Heggie says . |
13 | The muscles are strengthened by an increased flow of blood , as are the ligaments that attach them to the bones . |
14 | How blind are our so-called leaders and how blind are the people that follow them aimlessly up the garden path ? |
15 | they 're not involved , the people the people that give their approval are the people that want it ! |
16 | All that 's changed over the years are the hands that make them . |
17 | ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’ |
18 | And these scabs that went back , well they 're the ones that let us down . |
19 | No we 're the ones that got you to do it . |
20 | If you 're the sort that finds it impossible to relax , the Samos is the perfect holiday base . |
21 | ‘ I 'll give you letters of introduction saying you 're a writer and to give you any help you need . ’ |
22 | There had been no choice but to kill him again . |
23 | Had it just been a dream or had I really shrunk ? |
24 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
25 | If you come out to nothing like I did and you 've been a prostitute and know it 's easy money — well you 're going to go straight to it again . |
26 | if you have air conditioning in your car , home or office , make sure there are no leaks and keep it well maintained |
27 | The members of these gangs grow up , some to become law-abiding citizens and others to graduate to more professional and adult forms of criminality , but the delinquent tradition is kept alive be the age-groups that succeed them … |
28 | After all , we were n't the only ones that were approached ‘ in secret ’ by Lazio , but we seem to be the ones that made it public . |
29 | What I want you to do , I do n't want to delay you because of your erm trains and I 'd will have hate to be the ones that keep you any later , you have an |
30 | For ants , matricide is an act of special genetic madness and formidable indeed must be the drug that drives them to it . |