Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one thing prison 's taught me is to be very strong , and that I am a worthwhile person . |
| 2 | Most of the animals that live along the hedgerows unfortunately only come out at night and the best way to see them is in the light of a car 's headlamp . |
| 3 | We 'd add that the ‘ only ’ way to see them is from an open top carriage pulled snow-white horses — who said romance was dead ? |
| 4 | So , on some sites you might say , no , I , well I can control the labour costs and I can control the er , plant usage , but I do n't buy the materials myself the only way I can affect them is by altering the wastage . |
| 5 | Secondaries can usually be identified because they cluster around the larger primary , often forming chains and other small groups , and because the impacts producing them are at low angles and low speeds and so the craters are usually elongated . |
| 6 | A team led by Basil Rose used a cloud chamber to measure the momentum of the neutrons coming from Zeta 's plasma , the measurements which they made in the spring of 1958 , showed that the fusion reactions producing them were between nuclei with on average a net directed momentum . |
| 7 | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those ‘ super-apostles ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I meant , why would you think I 'm from that part of America ? ’ |
| 10 | One of these days I 'll go out like this and scare the whole population , 'cos they 'll think I 'm in me bare pelt . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't think I 'm in love any more |
| 12 | ‘ Why d' you think I 'm in Washington ? |
| 13 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
| 14 | It was a nightmare , anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs . |
| 15 | Even Gran 'd think I was off my head . |
| 16 | I did n't even think I was in contention ’ . |
| 17 | She thought I was carrying on , and she did n't think I was in labour . |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 19 | I do n't know whether David would agree , but my experience as a teacher was that I certainly encountered , I realize now , in my teaching career , children with dyslexia and yet no-one had told me , in my training , anything about this condition and I do n't think I was in a position until later , in a sense , to recognise that I had seen children with this difficulty . |
| 20 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 21 | He 'd probably think I was after spendin' the entire night in a shebeen . ’ |
| 22 | It was n't until half an hour later that I realised I was on C1 . |
| 23 | I was as quiet as I could be , but all the same , I ca n't help wondering if at some stage he realised I was on his heels . |
| 24 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I pleaded guilty because I realised I was in breach of my contract and expected to be punished . |
| 26 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 27 | Yeah we I must admit , would a , would a parent , I mean I was at a very simple level , following instructions , go and get that ruler Jimmy ? |
| 28 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 29 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 30 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |