Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 2 | I would sink down into a velvet void so entire and impenetrable that whether it was I or I was it , became moot . |
| 3 | Turning con , concepts and plans into practical working procedures and the attributes that these people have is , you know company workers , or you are one yourself , is that they have self-control , self-discipline , they 're realistic , common sense , but , there 's always a but side to these things is n't there ? |
| 4 | You succeed in what you set out to do , or you are someone who most often fails or falls short of your target . |
| 5 | In Masterson v. Holden it was held that the conduct was insulting because the magistrates might properly have taken the view that such objectionable conduct in a public street may well be regarded as insulting in that it suggests to a witness that he or she is somebody who would find such conduct in public acceptable himself or herself . |
| 6 | Sister Casualty handled them all magnificently , each patient differently , and yet each one as if he or she was her sole reason for taking up nursing . |
| 7 | We do what we 're told or we 're nothing . |
| 8 | Yes in those days there were and they was mostly young girls , they were waylaid going across the heath or it 's their stepfather and |
| 9 | Either that or it 's someone very clever . |
| 10 | you know trouble is it 's , it 's either May weekend or it 's I ca n't get the time off |
| 11 | You do n't want to spoil Christmas , or it 's your sister 's birthday , or you 're afraid of your mum 's temper . |
| 12 | or it 's your fan |
| 13 | Indeed it was this failure which led ultimately to her rejection by the Conservative party which , remembering Disraeli 's warning that ‘ the Conservative party is a national party , or it is nothing ’ , was alarmed by the hostility she aroused in half the nation . |
| 14 | The notion of freedom may permit of degrees therefore ; whereas right is a right or it is nothing . |
| 15 | It is a people business or it is nothing . |
| 16 | A contract is an international supply contract if three conditions are satisfied : ( a ) it is a contract for the sale of goods or it is one under , or in pursuance of which , possession or ownership of goods passes ; and ( b ) it is made by parties whose places of business ( or habitual residence , if they have no place of business ) are in the territories of different states ; and ( c ) either ( i ) at the time the contract is made , the goods are in the course of carriage , or will be carried , between the territories of two states ; or ( ii ) the acts constituting offer and acceptance were done in the territories of different states ; or ( iii ) the contract provides for the goods to be moved to the territory of a state other than that in which the offer and acceptance took place . |
| 17 | Nobody er erm or it was nobody thought about it li that was taken for granted . |
| 18 | From now on ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was Welsh or it was nothing . |
| 19 | Saw one one lad was really really sort of well okay he was n't clever by any stretch of the imagination but he just , was just a you know a sort of no-hoper and he he riled one teacher up very very badly one day cos he did n't do his homework or he was pratting about or he was you know . |
| 20 | Excellent bargains can be obtained , and thee is something deeply satisfying about owning a rug for which you have had to compete . |
| 21 | Oh well if he wants to know why I 'm there and me are you off sick I shall just show him a I 've got proof that I 've been off sick . |
| 22 | and t were which is just we were |
| 23 | Externally conformist and controlled , her journal functions as the confidant she never had : ‘ My head feels empty and I am nothing particular . |
| 24 | Then my ugly face and shabby coat harmonise perfectly with the surroundings and I am myself . ’ |
| 25 | And I am what I am by the grace of God . |
| 26 | ‘ I am Signora Romagnoli , ’ Wilson said calmly , ‘ and I am your landlady who you called in the middle of the night to give you food and there it is . ’ |
| 27 | The waitress — ( God preserve you if she catches you calling her a waitress ) : ‘ Hi , my name is Peggy Sue and I am your server this morning . |
| 28 | " This is your heir , and I am your wife , " she said gratingly . |
| 29 | ‘ My name is Legion , and I am your new Managing Director . |
| 30 | Wait for me , my dearest darling You are mine and I am yours . |