Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spoke to Kevin on the phone yesterday but sadly he has chosen this weekend to go home to Dunsteld , when Mark & I are here at Drumstinchall . |
| 2 | ‘ Either I am pardoned , or I am not . ’ |
| 3 | People all the time wish to pigeon-hole you … to say that I am totally a chat-show host or I am entirely a serious headmistress figure . |
| 4 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
| 5 | ‘ It is also an unbelievable chance for Germany to have the fifth most important tennis tournament in the world … a certainty also that tennis will continue there when Steffi Graf or I are no longer around . ’ |
| 6 | With a final piece of advice that I should climb the hill opposite La Valdieu the next day , I look my leave of the little group , wondering whether they or I were perhaps a little insane . |
| 7 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 8 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 9 | or I 'm just seeing what he 'd said |
| 10 | I 'm thinking : I 'm not wearing this , or I 'm not wearing that , my leg shows in that ; but it 's funny , it 's only really at parties that I worry about things like that . |
| 11 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 12 | ‘ Tell me now , or I 'm not going to be able to . ’ |
| 13 | And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that . |
| 14 | All able-bodied people go on about how horrible the changing-room experience is — how awful because my bra is dirty , or I 'm too fat or too thin — but disabled girls : how do you even begin to assess your own emotions on entering a changing room with young able-bodied women , most of them slim but all saying , ‘ Oh , I 've got a horrible body ’ , when you 're in a wheelchair , just wanting to try on a pair of trousers ? |
| 15 | MICK QUINN has handed Coventry an ultimatum : ‘ Meet my demands or I 'm off . ’ |
| 16 | Last night I told them over there to screw it up to two million dollars or I 'm out . |
| 17 | ‘ It was an attempt to get bigger ratings but I said Boon would have to stay with ordinary social issues or I was out . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Or would I start screaming that I 'd left a soufflé in the oven , or forgotten to get the coat back from the cleaners , or I was too young to die … ’ |
| 19 | Either Melanie pushed some part of her anatomy against my leg or I was too close to the campfire . |
| 20 | You are either strong-willed or you are not . |
| 21 | You are an optimistic type , or you are not . |
| 22 | Either you are in showbusiness or you are not . |
| 23 | Therefore if you have a limited budget , or you are not sure if you 'll take to machine knitting , this would be a good machine to start with . |
| 24 | Lawyer A checked in his books , but said that it was as he had feared ‘ You are either insured or you are not . |
| 25 | Such a drug , he suggests , would be not unlike crack , and the poor shmucks who were n't UMC would love it , while those who 'd worked so hard for their privileges would despise the short-cut : you 're either UMC or you are n't , simulacra wo n't do . |
| 26 | Well , you are , or you are n't , laddie . ’ |
| 27 | You either are or you are n't . |
| 28 | No matter how volatile the economy you seem to have divine protection , whether this is because you have saved for a rainy day or you are just downright lucky . |
| 29 | This is nearly as demanding as the main route so I 'd only do it if the tops are covered in mist or you are absolutely worn out . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , Ellie , you do know , ’ he said quietly , in direct contrast to her stormy denial , ‘ and I can either believe that the letters were used merely as a passport for something else , or you are indeed a calculating little bitch intent only on causing pain . ’ |