Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the thing that worries me most is that later on , he did n't manage it too well , a lot of other things were going wrong in his life , and at that point the name calling continued , and the stuff that maybe was n't so hurtful early on seemed to become very hurtful then . |
| 2 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
| 3 | Set in a glade of thinned-out coconut palms , it was breathtaking , but what amazed me most was that , within sight of the most beautiful beaches in the world , the garden contained a large pool edged with white and blue tiles . |
| 4 | I think the ones that made me most were those which were very influenced by Picasso , which are in the Tate Gallery . |
| 5 | In the end it had been simply : ‘ a high fever unfortunately kept Sir Robert 's daughter from attending the wedding ceremony , which was blessed with unwontedly blue skies , as if Someone above were more than glad to know that The Towers is to have a mistress again . |
| 6 | I here was another little hill in front of me , with a kind of tower on top of it — observatory or something . |
| 7 | Now let me just Is that okay ? |
| 8 | Their always is that question but for a cleaner bus and city centre there is a bill to pay |
| 9 | He became ill , and eventually died from ‘ a twisted bowel ’ , which frequently is another way of saying that a horse died from psychological stress . |
| 10 | Look okay which where 's that |
| 11 | Most elderly people like to make a cup of tea for a visitor , and this should always be accepted with pleasure ; for eating and drinking with somebody else is another of life 's important shared experiences , of which they are deprived if they live alone . |
| 12 | Sadly , his body , which never was that of an athlete , began to let him down . |
| 13 | ‘ Who exactly are these people you 've got coming ? ’ enquired Finn . |
| 14 | But who exactly is this ‘ Bob Mould ’ character of whom you speak ? |
| 15 | ‘ Must you always be such a little fool ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , ’ said O'Rourke , ‘ you always were such a clever actor … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Darling , you always were more than grateful for the smallest things that anyone did for you , but in future you 'll be able to turn to me . ’ |
| 18 | If you really are more tennis ace than joker , how about facing Nastase across the net ? |
| 19 | The third reason why we 're , we 're pleased to see you here is that erm as a trades council , we 've and this er and Dick mentioned this in his introduction , we 've initiated a major international programme , major in terms of our size obviously as er as a local body , involving links between union activists here primarily in France er , in northern France , but also links now developing in Spain with the new ferry going between Portsmouth and Bilbao , we 're starting to meet with the unions in Spain who are interested in speaking about the , the , the differences in wages in terms and conditions working for the same ferry company , doing the same jobs in the port , a comparative look at how the , the wages terms and conditions differ and we want to , we want to go and visit them in the autumn and , and work out , and work on more links on a sector basis , so that our colleagues down in Bilbao in northern Spain can link up with people in the , in the , in similar sectors here and we 've done this over the last three and a half years with the unions in France , we 've had exchanges of all sectors , the public sectors , transport , erm , health , social services , shop workers . |
| 20 | ONE thing they do n't tell you beforehand is that bell-ringing is hard on the legs . |
| 21 | As I write to you there are some signs that the economies of the United States and the United Kingdom have started to emerge from recession . |
| 22 | Ask yourself if within you there is any resentment to one or both of your parents in some significant way . |
| 23 | And the noise of the sea itself how was that affected ? |
| 24 | Now consider Descartes brooding over his poêle and saying : ‘ I ’ m getting into an awful muddle — but who then is this ‘ I ’ who is getting into a muddle ? ’ |
| 25 | And they became very much afraid and said to one another who then is this , that even the wind and the sea obey him ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , what I wanted to talk to you about is this flat of yours . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It stands out a mile ; she never was much of an actress , ’ he drawled . |
| 28 | ‘ You never were any bloody good to me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Poor Laura — you never were any good at getting up in the morning , were you ? ’ he mocked softly , taking the clattering cup and saucer from her shaking hands , before leaning forward to brush a stray tendril of hair from her brow . |
| 30 | which is a mutation itself actually is more is course |