Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ grounds ’ that most interest me are about 6in beneath those once trod by the aristocrats , so I 'm sure the snobbish doctor 's ghost will tolerate my company for an afternoon . |
| 2 | Thursdays for me are mainly rest days . |
| 3 | In the Stormont debate on the events of 5 October , Craig referred to NICRA as ‘ an omnium gatherum made up of members of the Londonderry Housing Action Committee , the majority of whom are also members of the Connolly Association , of the Republican Party which includes well-known members of the IRA and Sinn Féin , of the Young Socialists and of the Communist Party ’ . |
| 4 | How can we appeal to part time workers and convince them that we can change things for the better , many of whom are home workers who are working in appalling conditions and often for less than fifty pence an hour ? |
| 5 | Some of these people have not been baptized yet , others have , and some of them are already Catholics who are seeking full union with the Church through the sacrament of Confirmation . |
| 6 | And the reason they are not up to the job is that those in charge of hiring them are mostly men . |
| 7 | ‘ Some of them are just minutes from the road . |
| 8 | Provided that the restrictions are all independent , none of them are just rearrangements or multiples of other restrictions , we proceed as before . |
| 9 | ‘ An ’ the bastard even went on to confirm that the bombs are set on time fuses , just sufficient to allow him an' his staff to escape , but not enough to allow them to be de-activated , or to evacuate the ordinary members from the building … an' most of them are just kids . ’ |
| 10 | I think a lot of them are just fads really . |
| 11 | Some of them are also Companions of Honour , an order additional used as a way of rewarding prime ministers ' political friends , so ‘ that Norman Tebbitt and Lord Whitelaw , neither known as retiring aesthetes , rub shoulders with Anthony Powell , Lucien Freud and Dame Ninette de Valois . |
| 12 | Well they did a lot of them are actually country songs that were like Old Flames and and even the Black Sheep was was an American song which we you know and yes you know if you send them back to America , Old Flames for instance is often back on the American those that played on the Irish programme . |
| 13 | They 're both , they 're both , neither of them are actually warts , okay ? |
| 14 | Erm I suppose what we ought to focus on , is not so much the details of the ethnography so came up from the study , but erm but some of them are almost thieves |
| 15 | Temporary workers are also considerably younger than the generality of workers , largely because a high proportion of them are still teenagers . |
| 16 | Some of them are only fighting because they think they 've got nothing left to lose . ’ |
| 17 | I been here ages . ’ |
| 18 | She said : Thérèse has found out that she and I are really sisters , not cousins . |
| 19 | Now , both my son and I are currently non-musicians who are keen to learn , but we do n't know what effect the three knobs and the sliding lever have on the front of the instrument . |
| 20 | ‘ You mean you and I are only friends ? |
| 21 | But I am also Nyoka , your snake . |
| 22 | I am again Marion Maclean of Treshnish . ’ |
| 23 | He concluded his letter : ’ The 6p rise I received means I am approximately £2.50 a week worse off . |
| 24 | I am nearly 5ft 11ins tall and should be around 11 stone but barely weigh 9st 7lbs ’ , he complains . |
| 25 | ‘ I am simply Mr Nadirpur 's security adviser , which is one reason why any threat against him will be counterproductive . |
| 26 | By my husband 's will , and the custom of his house , all his manor and lands go to his nephew and heir , and I am without purpose in the household longer . |
| 27 | As I am without sanctuary , so I am without gratitude . |
| 28 | I 'll tell you , Crilly , about my first trip to Scotland and the men in chip shops who call you ‘ Hen ’ and the lads wearing green Celtic scarves at lunchtime and broad pointy-horned cattle and graveyards macabre with the tilting of tombstones caked with moss and weeds , sheep grazing and weaving amongst them , and a coastal fishing town in Harris where a night sky shimmers only to itself and I am without friends from , the real world and I listen only for the sound of the tin whistle while the boats rock gently in the jetty and the sky rages from beige to black and craggy mountains dart until forever and a fisherman stands , stunning and alone , strong and unnamed , and leads me slowly into that everchanging sea . |
| 29 | As I am without sanctuary , so I am without gratitude . |
| 30 | The Mithraeum was n't even mentioned , though on August 9 he had written : I AM NOW A RAVEN ! ! ! |