Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The name of the doctor you want me to see is Pool . |
| 2 | but what makes me laugh is doctor he 's , I think he 's absolutely cracked |
| 3 | Some of them included are Lauren Harris , David Milne , William Stevenson and Clark McDougall ( 7–30 May ) . |
| 4 | Well , erm I think the first novel of George Eliot that I read was Adam Bede , and I think that that 's actually quite a good starting point . |
| 5 | What I mean is Mother and Son … . |
| 6 | But h I mean are people in the habit of wanting to get rid of furniture ? |
| 7 | I mean were people sitting with robes on or something ? |
| 8 | And then there was another sound which I did n't like to think about at all , but which I presumed was Jack Scamp hailing his last London cab . |
| 9 | Others I met were Mr Richard Martin , the Hon. |
| 10 | The only other point I make is reply to Charles I have some sympathy to him Charles in trying to defend the er the indefensible . |
| 11 | The other interesting runner I rode was Auntie Dot , particularly as she has the advantage of being schooled over a National-type fence on her trainer John Webber 's gallops . |
| 12 | All I got was sympathy and a piece of House of Commons headed notepaper . |
| 13 | I tried being John Carradine earlier this evening , but it did n't get me anywhere . |
| 14 | Entering through the massed ranks of hotel staff and police at around 11.25pm , the first famous faces I encounter are Peregrine Worsthorne and a gloomy John Mortimer . |
| 15 | What I want is evolution . |
| 16 | Or : ‘ What I want is paper with narrow lines , |
| 17 | All I want is silence , and to go back to my father 's house . ’ |
| 18 | it 's all I want is attention |
| 19 | We 've looked at pi squared and we 've talked about the , the term I used was association . |
| 20 | You see I 'd been Oxford . |
| 21 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 22 | I 'd been number one golden boy until then . ’ |
| 23 | I mean , schools the only thing I was , I 'd been governor of a a school for thirty years that was used to depress me with the fact that we could n't get for our schools the things that we needed because to me and to all the people in Harlow who have children are concerned that we are being stopped so much money on education which is the most vital thing in our children 's lives ! |
| 24 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 25 | that 's what I thought , I was n't quite sure , I just wanted I 'd been sort of going through various things , and I want I 'd wanted to make absolutely sure |
| 26 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 27 | Well Of course came the War and and er like for about twelve years like before the War I 'd been president of the Hosiery Finishers Association . |
| 28 | Mr Tholen is a governor and trustee of Yarm School and says : ‘ The one thing the area was lacking when I came was day education for boys . |
| 29 | Q. Why A. Sometimes I think where I walk is India . |
| 30 | She do n't want to be on her own , even at night , so what I done was drag my mattress and sleeping bag into her room , and that 's where I 'm sleeping now — on her floor . |