Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Are you into going to a pub tonight ? |
2 | ‘ How are you at playing a part ? ’ |
3 | What are you like does it improve your hearing . |
4 | Crime they say does n't pay , well you may have your own views on that but certainly across the breadth of variety of criminal activity we might agree that crime almost always hurt someone , more or less , we have a system designed to cope with the effects of crime and to deter future criminals , but it does n't seem to be making crime a thing of the past , so how good are we at dealing with crime , tonight 's hundred women have a broad range of experience as victims , law women , perpetrators , police and others , we 'll be hearing their views on the system and how it might be changed and asking why are we all so fascinated by fictional crime from Cell Block H to Agatha Christie . |
5 | where are we with costing and theatres on the nominal charge ? |
6 | Er yeah but why , yeah okay I did n't mean that actually was he asking too much , I mean are we interpreting the peasants as having done , are we over interpreting what the peasants have done , basically ? |
7 | So how close are we to seeing dual-fuel powerplants in tractors ? |
8 | Well we are we like doing the videos because er in the early days we had a lot of problems I suppose with ourselves and with the video people because they had planned ideas for the songs . |
9 | It 'll be me outside looking for star . |
10 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
11 | This means in practical terms that friends and club are OK , and are to be believed , while ‘ outsiders ’ of all kinds are not , nor are they worth contacting to check information . |
12 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
13 | So resolute are they at keeping hold of one another that even if you pick up the mother , her babies will still hang on to her in a wriggling furry rope . |
14 | Are they in mourning for the first-class service ? |
15 | Were you to told that this is what they were planning ? |
16 | ‘ Were they on speaking terms ? ’ |
17 | I thought myself , there 's her mother wandering about , is she off galavanting with Dave , where the hell she gone . |
18 | Competency you 're looking at your receptionist now , because you 've identified the key tasks you might say well what 's the standard on these things , how good is she at passing on messages etcetera ? |
19 | ANYBODY owning or restoring a vintage aircraft , be it to flying or static status should know of W A Parker ( Aircraft Spares ) Ltd at Benfleet in Essex . |
20 | What 's he like to hold ? |
21 | ‘ What 's he like to look at ? ’ |
22 | ‘ What 's he like doing ? ’ |
23 | ‘ What 's he like to work for ? ’ |
24 | What 's it worth to join the RSPB ? |
25 | What 's it worth to join the RSPB ? |
26 | So there we are , that 's the woofers tonight at the Oxford Stadium , and that 's it from Talking Sport this Saturday . |
27 | And what 's it like knowing your dear daddy died in a shoot-out ? |
28 | Ah er what 's it like living with you then ? |
29 | Reporter asks : What 's it like seeing the house again ? |
30 | What 's it like to go inside one ? … |