Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] 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 ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Subject to paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule a member of a recognised body shall not hold any share in the body for another person save as nominee for a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body who or which is himself or itself a member or officer of the recognised body or for a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is working in the practice of the body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of any such solicitor or registered foreign lawyer ’ and
4 ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Subject to paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule a member of a recognised body shall not hold any share in the body for another person save as nominee for a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body who or which is himself or itself a member or officer of the recognised body or for a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is working in the practice of the body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of any such solicitor or registered foreign lawyer ; and
5 or which is one which they 've done in there , is take a specific dream which they 've had which is vivid to them
6 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 ?
7 You succeed in what you set out to do , or you are someone who most often fails or falls short of your target .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Who 's your heroine in history or who 's your hero in poetry ?
11 Investment advertisements sent by the firm only to customers satisfying those tests ( or who are themselves authorised under the FSA ) are therefore exempt advertisements for the purposes of the COB Rules and normally do not need to comply with the SFA investment advertisement rules .
12 What or who are they ?
13 ‘ You do not know who is your friend or who is your enemy until the ice breaks . ’
14 No neither do I , just trying to wear holes in the carpet or something are we ?
15 delegate or something is it ?
16 Ah right yes so let me see , you were the one who said that you were getting to the S P S S stage or something were you ?
17 Now when you looked through it and it was n't an exam , twenty sixth or something was it ?
18 Got as far as you could only use five hundred and forty odd or something was it
19 The flooded rain forest or something was it ?
20 I 've forgotten what he said now , something like ten K or something was it ?
21 We do what we 're told or we 're nothing .
22 ‘ I 'm either very naive or there is nothing to take exception to at all . ’
23 That or there is something wrong with you .
24 So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along .
25 One thing you hardly expect to meet with on top of a mountain pass is a choice of roads ; but at the Col du Soul or there is one .
26 Of course the trick is ; to dominate the game enough so that the other team ca n't get any crosses in — or there is nobody getting forward to receive them .
27 And , of course , they notice when shoes do n't fit or there 's one missing .
28 Maybe Crystal Palace 's Lifeline winner had no need of £1,000 , or there 's something unpleasant in that handshake .
29 Er , first of all , I ensure that people are not de-counted unless they have er , wished to go and maybe that their their dwellings are er , in er a state of er , disrepair or there 's something structurally wrong that they feel unsafe er , in them and then er , they are , I do n't like the word de-counted , but then they er , are offered er other accommodation .
30 The two usual options are either a big block , like on the back of a Strat , which is really hard to deal with , or there 's nothing , because they 've sanded it all away .
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