Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I am but I mean I like fish er |
| 2 | She used to say , say , phone up and say she was and I used to say well where give me the address , just anything happens to us |
| 3 | This might be because of what they say you are or because of what they say that some of your friends are , particularly if they do not approve of them . |
| 4 | Well , you see the you say they are but that does n't mean anything . |
| 5 | The evidence on which I base it is that , within three weeks of the White Paper being introduced in the middle of this year , there were 15 announcements of changes to the proposals now in the legislation . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect it 's because he 's a clergyman , or was , miss . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I expect it 's because you 're my stepbrother , ’ Jenna said sarcastically . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 9 | ‘ I expect it was after you left . |
| 10 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |
| 11 | Some say it is because no boat people have been returned home against their will since December 1989 . |
| 12 | ‘ But if it 's as they say it is and everything goes smoothly , David will only miss four or five matches at the most . |
| 13 | Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting . |
| 14 | Mum wants a pair of trousers for going out with , you know well she 's got plenty but like I say it 's but then you get I 'll no it 's not very personal to give somebody a voucher though is it ? |
| 15 | Yeah , I think it 's b as I say it 's because I think people are wary I mean you know , not sure who 's who . |
| 16 | Some people say it 's cos he 's got a thing in the church do n't they ? |
| 17 | And all the history books say it was because of you … the R.A.F. So there you are . |
| 18 | Without for one moment implying any impropriety , this last episode demonstrates how deliciously appropriate it is that Mr Wyatt should subsequently have struck up such a warm friendship with the world 's foremost collector of air miles . |
| 19 | I 've been figuring out S , A and B , wha why you ha , you have to start , you know , then I realise it 's but you got ta put it in the way it 's ready to er record have n't |
| 20 | ‘ Odd , when you come to think of it ’ — he handed her a full wine glass of gin — ‘ but they say he 's like he is because his father and mother were religious . |
| 21 | There are a lot of archives , but there are even more archives than you imagine there are because there are actually erm a huge number of archives in private houses and castles in Germany that are not public archives , and a lot of people do n't even know about these . |
| 22 | Well let her be if she 's happy . |
| 23 | He became lost in one of his dour moods so I let him be and went to the window to stare out at a dairy maid carrying pitchers of milk between the barns and the kitchen . |
| 24 | I think what happens all the time , I understand why , if you put true you me , you you put it was that the one thing that sales people always desperately want is something new . |
| 25 | Well I hope it is but they 're not good are they ? |
| 26 | We hope hope it is because if you take three weeks to do that it dilutes |
| 27 | Yes now what I meant was that , that erm in a group like this , the the th th the leader or the leadership role may be relatively minimal and the individualism of the members may be relevant , but I hope it was cos I I think it 's a mistake for class in groups and that so one would hope in this kind of group , the individual variation would be so important that these kind of group phenomena that Freud is talking about in this book but clearly in other groups they 're they 're more important , partly because you can never organize a group by kind of having a meeting with everybody . |
| 28 | Let it be and it will last for ever . |
| 29 | And well Miss Clark might remember I mean she is as you say probably one of the oldest people and perhaps Miss could rattle her brains a little . |
| 30 | Certainly , yes , some some people who live in the flats , come along to the branch quite regularly , and generally the the impression which they give me is that they 'll they will be happier when they 're the flats have been replaced . |