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 ? …
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