Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Red and I were kids we had races jumping on ponies in the fields and galloping them round a tree and back without a bridle . |
| 2 | ‘ Paysage d'Harfleur ’ , dated 1900 , reveals his debt to the Impressionists , and there are works he painted on first arriving in Paris , after ten years spent at Le Havre with Dufy and Friesz . |
| 3 | ‘ And there are things we need to talk about , naturally . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm very aware there 's lots of johs I ought to do — I used to be pretty thorough — and there are things I have n't got the time to do . |
| 5 | She straightened sharply , and grinned at me , but her face was pale and there were shadows I had n't noticed a moment before . |
| 6 | There was Sammy and Davie and and er from Comely Bank , Willie and Jim they were all Stevedores and Andrew and They were stevedores you see a lot of . |
| 7 | But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest . |
| 8 | The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them . |
| 9 | He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world . |
| 10 | I sincerely hope not , and it 's time we proved it . |
| 11 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 12 | And her parents are dead , and her uncle is rich and influential , and for some strange reason he is quite attached to you , and Jane Postlethwaite is quite attached herself , and it 's time you got married — ’ |
| 13 | And it 's time you stopped being afraid of life . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 15 | And it 's time you changed , my duck . |
| 16 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 17 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 18 | And it 's time I left . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But there 's a time and a place for everything , and it 's time I moved on — saw a bit more of your beautiful country — maybe a bit of the world too , who knows ? ’ |
| 20 | He just thinks Heather is a real cracker , and it 's time I settled down . |
| 21 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 22 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 23 | Their record on crime is a disaster , and it is time they gave way to a Government who have the imagination and policies to tackle crime fundamentally , not at the periphery . |
| 24 | Piecemeal solutions are not enough in education , and it is time we recognized this . |
| 25 | I have had a wonderful 10 years , but the financial pressures are mounting and it is time I moved on . ’ |
| 26 | Her mouth opened and shut ; then looking at Maggie she said , ‘ You silly daft lump , I thought you were joking and it was Simon you had brought back . ’ |
| 27 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 28 | So he went down and it was Kelly he spoke to and er she said he |
| 29 | Yes and it was Ramsey you called him . |
| 30 | The fears of the city builders were , it seems , justified after all , and it was God they had to fear . |