Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I nearly forgot how old you are when I was putting you in the book . |
| 2 | Okay Mrs erm , can you tell me how old you were when you started your first job ? |
| 3 | Just check their influences and you get an idea as to how open-minded they are when it comes to plying their act , as Rob offers . |
| 4 | The main aim of this project is to examine the relationship between parents ' facial expressiveness ( ie how facially expressive they are when feeling emotional ) and their children 's skill in decoding non verbal information ( in this case , their ability to recognise emotions from others ' facial expressions ) . |
| 5 | I mean it is wrong and I do n't think people realize just how wrong it is until they really stop and think about it . |
| 6 | If the fish was fresh it was because it had been deep frozen within minutes of being caught and packed up to be bought by her goodness only knew how many months later for Mark 's Lenten supper . |
| 7 | But it would n't be the po most popular it 's because of |
| 8 | I am afraid it was because he did not want to get entangled with the left on such an emotional issue . ’ |
| 9 | If the Stormy Petrel does not seem priggish it is because his appetite for action and mystery is always as evident in the stones as his steadfast loyalty and his intelligence . |
| 10 | ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’ |
| 11 | Oh , you ca n't think how relieved I was when you phoned … ’ |
| 12 | The sphere of everyday life is experienced as ordered and consistent which is because it is shared with other people and what is shared is , precisely , knowledge of everyday reality : |
| 13 | Erm if he 's another easy one is if he 's been travelling for one hour how far has he gone ? |
| 14 | Unfortunately we do not know how efficacious it is as no trials have shown its benefit in preventing reocclusion . |
| 15 | And you will never discover how serious it was until the stakes are raised horribly high ; until you find that you are playing not for counters or sixpences but for every penny you have in the world . |
| 16 | But they did not realise how serious it was until Daniel was born . |
| 17 | Q Our heating bills are always astronomical in the winter and I 'm convinced it 's because we live in an old draughty house . |
| 18 | Swift ye are as streams and soundless as the dew fall , |
| 19 | She had n't realised how tense she was until she heard that he was all right , but now she crumpled like a wet paper bag , laughing and crying and laughing again all at once , while Mick hugged her and passed her tissues . |
| 20 | Erm but er I think when you say about being confrontational there 's if you 've got a client in front of you the last thing that you want to do is have erm a confrontation with them |
| 21 | These men do n't need to be very tough to put the fear of Sigmar into your foe — he wo n't know how hard they are until he faces them . |
| 22 | I had n't realised how tired I was till I saw that bed . |
| 23 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 24 | I know how firm you are when you 've decided something . |
| 25 | well you 'll have to see how much black there is cos |
| 26 | On my second outing with the boots I was trying to assess how watertight they were as it was raining heavily . |
| 27 | Their goal against Grimsby midweek , reminded us just how good they are when they get it together . |
| 28 | Broadly speaking the more immediate the feedback the more effective it is except that there comes a point at which , to use Miller 's ( 1953 ) distinction , learning feedback becomes action feedback , the latter improves the current response whereas the former improves succeeding responses . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , and I am sure it is because Sir John meant him to have the house . |
| 30 | Not sure it is cos it 's baking . |