Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yours is I did n't realise this . |
| 2 | So the only general advice I can give you is you do need to act promptly . |
| 3 | The trouble with him is he does n't think he 's just a hired actor like the rest of us . |
| 4 | The think I hate about him is he does n't even know you and he starts slagging you off . |
| 5 | Do you or you can say to her is I do n't know where it 's gone or it does n't work . |
| 6 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 7 | Never would I wish to do whatever it is they do — nobody would ! |
| 8 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe next time Ellis will find me an undercover job that takes me to opium dens in Hong Kong , dusky maidens in Peru and shark-fishing amongst the coral reefs , or whatever it is they do there . ’ |
| 10 | Humans 'll come back and mend the wheels or whatever it is they do . ’ |
| 11 | So the builders have gone , and all the old biddies turn up in their Sunday best to say their Hail Marys , or whatever it is they do . |
| 12 | Can you identify th that the point at which worrying about food , we 've all agreed we should n't be , but there it is we do , er pitches you into eating disorder and er I know ca , is is there preventive action to be taken apart from changing society completely ? |
| 13 | I start musing on how it is we do find ourselves on the same side . |
| 14 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 15 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ But whatever it is I do n't think that I need it now . ’ |
| 17 | But as it is I do n't find him remotely attractive ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it is one , but if it is I do n't think you 'd laugh . ’ |
| 19 | I ai n't bothered what it is I do n't think . |
| 20 | And so I 'm not sure where it is , what time it is I do n't have no contact for it to get in touch with , and I 'm wondering if anybody , any of your listeners either members or know of the Guild . |
| 21 | I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets . |
| 22 | To talk about the potential of a land of a road bypass around and it 's affecting it is I do n't know how far into the future that 's planned , but believe me it 's way , way in the future and I doubt very much if that 's going to happen at all . |
| 23 | The wonder of it is I did n't killer then , never mind later . |
| 24 | Tell us what it is you did , and how it befell . ’ |
| 25 | COME , tell me how you live , and what it is you do ! ’ |
| 26 | Or compute , or whatever it is you do . ’ |
| 27 | She sat down and began to pour out the tea and , her voice still quiet , she went on , ‘ I do n't suppose it 's really so bad for you , instructing or teaching , whatever it is you do , but in the Naafi , amidst the clatter — ’ she now looked at him and her words were spaced as she went on , ‘ and the chaff and the ribbing ; well , I sometimes think I have died and gone to hell , because that 's what I think hell must be like ; constant joking , especially when you hear the same thing repeated over and over again . ’ |
| 28 | Shit , I ca n't work out what it is you do believe in … |
| 29 | ‘ And have you got any idea of what it is you do to me , Maria ? |
| 30 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |