Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The definition of the Confederation of British Industry of the United Kingdom work force as ’ under-educated , under-trained and under-qualified ’ ironically does not apply to the majority of refugees , many of whom are highly qualified and skilled . |
| 2 | The Consortium can call on strong legal representation in Mr Burrell and Mrs Kent , both of whom are personally committed and wish to see the matter pursued . |
| 3 | YOU ca n't enjoy good beer if the pubs that serve them are badly run or have been modernised in a vulgar and insensitive fashion . |
| 4 | Most of them are locally based and each is responsible for a group of schools or colleges ; they are under seven divisional inspectors . |
| 5 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 6 | ‘ I am here to listen and learn , my Lord Chairman , ’ she said in her clear and authoritative voice . |
| 7 | I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river . |
| 8 | I think you will destroy them ; you are a ruthless woman ; how ruthless I am yet to know and am just beginning to discern . |
| 9 | I am neither condoning nor criticising all these changes but it is vital that we do something to counteract this decrease in activity . |
| 10 | ‘ As of Friday last , I am without house or home — and I never felt better . ’ |
| 11 | If they do n't respond I will say the next letter will be , okay I am now resigning and your car and your stock wo n't be returned to you er but I 'm holding them in lieu . |
| 12 | I am now installed and with a maid-of-all-work with me named Maria . |
| 13 | I can not send this letter because I am always watched and I must never be a disloyal German . ’ |
| 14 | The best known is the ‘ plain ’ blue variety ; over the past few years the new ‘ red ’ form has become very popular with Apistogramma enthusiast — this form has an orange-red centre to the caudal fin and a lot of orange-red in the dorsal , and is the type I am currently keeping and breeding . |
| 15 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |
| 16 | If , on the other hand , I point to an object in my immediate surroundings and say " this chair " , then , unless I am deliberately lying or trying to mislead , I indicate an implicit assumption on my part that there is something out there , something external to my act of pointing , which I take to be a chair . |
| 17 | I 'm just watching and letting things go . |
| 18 | Yes , I 'm just looking and March the twenty sixth is free . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , if you must know , that I 'm just waiting and hoping for the chance to marry you some day . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm just sitting and watching . |
| 21 | I 'm here to protect and oversee everything . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm here to observe and report and , who knows , even get laid and fall in love . |
| 23 | I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . " |
| 24 | You know , I 'm easy going and I can cope with that , and get on and do the job with whatever it is that 's got to be done . |
| 25 | I 'm just … well , I meet someone like you with whom I feel instant affinity , to whom I 'm instantly attracted and … |
| 26 | I 'm neither confirming nor denying anything . |
| 27 | And there will be opportunities to apply for support from the British Film Institute and elsewhere erm in order that we can expand er what we 're doing in that area and I , I just wanted to let the board know about that and to say that erm er this is the route that I 'm currently taking and erm I will be reporting to them when there are specific developments and that I hope that you approve of er me attempting to expand our provision in this area . |
| 28 | It was n't , Oh thank you very much I 'm much obliged or anything like that . |
| 29 | you know I 'm still struggling and we were having a laugh , but the others who had him last term , said he was brilliant , because he actually combines work individually |
| 30 | ‘ What we have here , ’ she says , ‘ is an oldtime country school , and I 'm still teaching and the kids are still learning . ’ |