Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what 's going on at the moment and where I am with it |
| 2 | She held out two half-crowns , pointing to them separately and saying , ‘ That 's from Father and that one 's from me . ’ |
| 3 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 4 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 5 | An organization would be most unlikely to dismiss them without good reason , and if it were to they would have little difficulty finding alternative work . |
| 6 | If not then add the cost of your time , charged at your usual rate of pay — and if you are like me then you will take at least five times as long as a garage , because of having less experience and fewer tools ( such as a hoist ) . |
| 7 | He did this sort of job , too , and if you were with me everything would be perfect . |
| 8 | And if you were in it with me , I would n't want to get out at all , ’ he said outrageously . |
| 9 | ‘ I felt that Ben panicked in our race in Seville , ’ Carl said , ‘ and if someone is with him at sixty metres then I think he is vulnerable . ’ |
| 10 | And while we are at it , how many tartans are there ? |
| 11 | ‘ Then the Chief picked up the phone and said to me : ‘ And while we are at it , let us get those other idle bastards off their backsides . ’ |
| 12 | Oh and while we 're at it |Mountain Equipment do n't source their Ultrafleece in the Far East and never have done and are dropping their Kashmira not Karisma . |
| 13 | And while we 're at it , you ca n't just slip unobtrusively into mainstream . |
| 14 | And while we 're about it I 'll give you the name of the best dentist in America . |
| 15 | Now , sweetie , get me a bit of newspaper from the box , and dump all the silver on it , and while I 'm at it , you might get the vase and candlestick from the sitting room , and I 'll do your trophy if you like . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Put mine there too , ’ she said , ‘ and while I 'm about it , anyone who would like to join our Amateur Dramatics Group is very welcome . |
| 17 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 18 | And while you 're about it , where can I get something to eat ? ’ |
| 19 | And while you 're at it , take your 7.6 per cent inflation rate with you . ’ |
| 20 | And while you 're at it , would you like to tell me who let you back into the house ? " |
| 21 | And while you 're at it with the bin get yourself a tissue as well , to wipe your nose . |
| 22 | And while you are about it , please drop that stupid name Aotearoa for New Zealand . |
| 23 | And while he was about it , Guy told himself savagely , he had better discover what little plot Isabel had in mind once she reached Winchester . |
| 24 | The way you carried your shoes in a brown paper bag and when you were at ours . |
| 25 | Fortunately during the first few months of our marriage Bernard , how shall I put it , practised asceticism — I had no chance of getting pregnant , or very little , and after that he was converted to Marxism , and though we were at it all the time for years , he stood over me daily to make sure I ingested a contraceptive chemical . |