Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , if it had n't been for Granpa I would n't even have been made to attend the local elementary school in Jubilee Street , and ‘ attend ’ was the right word , because I did n't do a lot once I 'd got there , other than bang the lid of my little desk and occasionally pull the pigtails of ‘ Posh Porky ’ , the girl who sat in front of me . |
| 2 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 3 | If it had n't been for Desmond she would never have got through them . |
| 4 | The true reason was that I want nothing to do with that country while it remains as it is , and if it had n't been for Jean-Paul I 'd have ceased all our operations out there years ago . ’ |
| 5 | If it had n't been for Kurt I would have done . |
| 6 | After de Raimes sacked Tracy he kept us in a dungeon for three months until Alice was forced to become his mistress , and had it not been for Edmund I would have lost my mind . ’ |
| 7 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 8 | Yes I 'm I 'm not quite sure the regulations are about subsids We , I mean we , it 's only quite recently that we have had a subsidiary , erm , last two or three years , we 've , for many years we did n't have one . |
| 9 | And if p is false then no matter how sure I am of p I do not know it . |
| 10 | Just er it might of been of course I had plants through there it might have been |
| 11 | However , if cancers are of interest it is more appropriate to obtain data from regional cancer registries ; these data are morbidity rather than mortality data and are therefore more valuable . |
| 12 | Although his initial performances have been below par it has by no means been the worst start to a Test career by a recognised English batman . |
| 13 | When we 're off tour I play those a lot . |
| 14 | That does n't there 's when you 're off duty it 's great but when you 're on duty it 's different . |
| 15 | Oh of course they 're of course they are a great success . |
| 16 | Well it 's hard to know where to stop , really erm I mean the , the difficulty of concentrating on one area of the country , is that we 're of course I think there must be very great differences in different areas of the country . |
| 17 | We 're not saying we ca n't we we we 're against proposal we 've had to take on the market person but until that finance situation is eased it 's extremely difficult . |
| 18 | You can go and make , you , pick out , you 're like Lee you pick out these hardest things . |
| 19 | Which just leaves her domestic credentials to knock into shape , and now that they 're under scrutiny I realise I 've not done a very good job at all . |
| 20 | When they 're under pressure they 've always changed it normally change the play normally out with his left-hand side . |
| 21 | ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 . |
| 22 | He says I bet you 're from Yorkshire I said well what makes you say that ? |
| 23 | ‘ Even when they 're in England you get used to them not being there because of the matches they play for their county . ’ |
| 24 | When you 're in bed I 'll bring up a hot drink . ’ |
| 25 | Yes when you 're in bed it Ann phoned to say to say that she 's bringing and Ali around to play with you tomorrow afternoon . |
| 26 | Why do you have to pay , it is a for students ' union , if , if , if you 're in work you do n't have to belong to a union ? |
| 27 | But you see when we 're in Spain we sit rou , rou of the swimming pool and we play that |
| 28 | As long as they 're in credit they drive straight through . |
| 29 | If you 're in Error you are one step away from the thumbscrews . |
| 30 | I mean y er you know , although they 're in recession I , I think there 's you know in this country |