Example sentences of "this [noun] [pron] be [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry mummy had to rush us so much this morning it 's just when we 're in a rush we have to get to school on time you see , it 's a bit rotten when you 're only three is n't it ? |
| 2 | At this rate it was more than an airing it was getting , it was a soaking . |
| 3 | Until this century there were more than 500 languages in New Guinea , murderous xenophobia between adjoining tribes , and 50,000 people in its Central Valley who learned only in 1934 that there was an outside world . |
| 4 | York is of course home to one of Britain 's oldest and best racecourses and this year there is more than £2 million prize money at stake during the various meetings . |
| 5 | In this country it 's less than one day . |
| 6 | By this time I was more than ready to ask Moby what she did , and how much it cost — but then I felt the full-thighed waft of a new female presence . |
| 7 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |