Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheep , in contrast , are God 's creatures , and the ideal image of the men who tend them is naturally that of the Good Shepherd . |
| 2 | I know that I , I mean I is just at the moment going through the S A T S course . |
| 3 | And first for the Combers , we will bring them down From eight groats a score unto half a crown , If at all they murmur , and say t is too small , We bid them choose whether they will work at all ; We 'll make them believe that trading is bad ; We care not a pin , though they are ne'er so sad . |
| 4 | The way you kiss me is both — ’ |
| 5 | Yartek himself is now the Keeper and by various threats and deceptions he prises the keys from them . |
| 6 | Rape itself is extremely traumatic and can lead to family problems but imagine the horror of being told that you must have a stranger 's child and the complications with a jealous boyfriend or husband . |
| 7 | I expect she is simply disliking the winter . ’ |
| 8 | Kitzbuhel itself is only 20 minutes away by rail or bus . |
| 9 | So far as the finger-work or typesetting goes , she is as quick or quicker than a man ? — They say she is more deft and better adapted to it " ( a trade unionist ) . |
| 10 | I smile at the watching people and say she is always this way at bedtime . |
| 11 | They say she is very clever and will keep my house well . |
| 12 | How you say something is as important as what you say about it . |
| 13 | We sense there is more to it than that , but we have not known how to come to grips with it without giving ammunition to our opponents . |
| 14 | and , and say there is again disrespect or whatever for , I do n't know what to call them transracial relationships |
| 15 | Can I pursue one point you 've made , Mr Courcier , you say there is nowhere in the York area where a settlement of say , five thousand |
| 16 | They say there is most interesting society , with lots of concerts and plays and cultural pursuits . |
| 17 | So as I say there is clearly a substantial er factual dispute between the parties as to what was said on these relevant telephone conversations . |
| 18 | Some people say there is more sniffing in the summer , but perhaps it 's just more obvious in the long summer evenings . |
| 19 | Doctors say there is now a glimmer of hope for the survival of the twelve-year-old Warrington bomb victim , Timothy Parry . |
| 20 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 21 | There was a tendency says Freud to eliminate all the wrong gods and say there is only one god but the whole point . |
| 22 | Perhaps not quite a complete conversionbut the campaigns orgainsers say there is still tim e for the new religion to spread . |
| 23 | Despite their cute appearance , Red Pandas can be very viscious , so for fans who want a slightly closer encounter it is probably best to stick to the more approachable variety . |
| 24 | As to the cost of alterations , the difference in sums suggest it is wide ranging . |
| 25 | Weightier things than hamburgers suggest it is now time for a realignment . |
| 26 | People 's attitudes to the Health Service expressed in opinion poll findings suggest it is extremely popular in comparison with the health care system of the 1930s . |
| 27 | I know the name " — is partially explained by the fact that the stage directions suggest he is still looking at Chetwyn , but we infer Anderson 's absent-mindedness from his response because any confusion over the referent of the question is unlikely , assuming that Anderson , as a participant in the Colloquium ( albeit an unenthusiastic one ) , knows that the venue is Prague . |
| 28 | Opponents say it is primarily a military road . |
| 29 | Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins . |
| 30 | The other danger arose from Government departments squeezing a small bill into the Queen 's Speech : ‘ They say it is just two or three little clauses and … it immediately turns out that the process is not nearly as simple as was promised . |