Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The name of the doctor you want me to see is Pool . |
| 2 | but what makes me laugh is doctor he 's , I think he 's absolutely cracked |
| 3 | What I mean is Mother and Son … . |
| 4 | The only other point I make is reply to Charles I have some sympathy to him Charles in trying to defend the er the indefensible . |
| 5 | All I got was sympathy and a piece of House of Commons headed notepaper . |
| 6 | Entering through the massed ranks of hotel staff and police at around 11.25pm , the first famous faces I encounter are Peregrine Worsthorne and a gloomy John Mortimer . |
| 7 | What I want is evolution . |
| 8 | Or : ‘ What I want is paper with narrow lines , |
| 9 | All I want is silence , and to go back to my father 's house . ’ |
| 10 | it 's all I want is attention |
| 11 | We 've looked at pi squared and we 've talked about the , the term I used was association . |
| 12 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 13 | I 'd been number one golden boy until then . ’ |
| 14 | I mean , schools the only thing I was , I 'd been governor of a a school for thirty years that was used to depress me with the fact that we could n't get for our schools the things that we needed because to me and to all the people in Harlow who have children are concerned that we are being stopped so much money on education which is the most vital thing in our children 's lives ! |
| 15 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 16 | that 's what I thought , I was n't quite sure , I just wanted I 'd been sort of going through various things , and I want I 'd wanted to make absolutely sure |
| 17 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 18 | Well Of course came the War and and er like for about twelve years like before the War I 'd been president of the Hosiery Finishers Association . |
| 19 | Mr Tholen is a governor and trustee of Yarm School and says : ‘ The one thing the area was lacking when I came was day education for boys . |
| 20 | She do n't want to be on her own , even at night , so what I done was drag my mattress and sleeping bag into her room , and that 's where I 'm sleeping now — on her floor . |
| 21 | Heading , nineteen ninety one and nineteen ninety two harvest , certified is aaron , white , clover , ex-challenge seeds , New Zealand , underline I am sending you copies of correspondence which I have sent to Phillip , comma , Roger , comma , Oliver and Joe , which I hope is self explanatory , paragraph . |
| 22 | When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
| 23 | What I know is sense of others profits . |
| 24 | ‘ The only rhyme I know is crime and time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It does n't matter to me whether the players I get are cup tied or not , ’ he insisted . |
| 26 | All I get is criticism . ’ |
| 27 | I spent what I assume was transition with an almost continuous pain in my left side and feeling sick as well . |
| 28 | The air dissolved around cordon bleu , and all I heard were parrot screeches , barking and the blowing of a horse 's soft mouth — that was him — and all I could say was : Quack quack quack . |
| 29 | The noise must have attracted the attention of the people in the pub because the next thing I heard was Dad 's voice booming above the bedlam . |
| 30 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |