Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances . |
| 2 | what made me laugh was this police woman saying , it annoys me , if you have a drink you should n't drive , and I thought to myself and I bet |
| 3 | There are laws against discrimination but to get them respected is another matter . |
| 4 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 5 | I mean is that man a spastic or what ? |
| 6 | I mean is that sort of friendship built up or |
| 7 | So I mean is this eggs that are put in by the , I mean I |
| 8 | Nah , but he , he do , what I mean is some people enjoy |
| 9 | But I suppose they 're all boys really , I mean are all boys like this really ? |
| 10 | Well , different utilities , different roads are being destroyed , bridges , I mean are these things going on ? |
| 11 | I mean are these noodles or |
| 12 | Now the choices and values are not only what I trust are right choices and correct beliefs ; they are my choices , my beliefs , my convictions |
| 13 | Yeah , oh all I got was that book with a statement , statement book . |
| 14 | The man as I say is all Raskolnikov . |
| 15 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 16 | what I suggest is these procedures are , we briefly mentioned this this morning , are supposed to reflect the best practice of what we do now . |
| 17 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
| 18 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 19 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 20 | All I want is some idea of why he tucks himself away down here in general practice running a one-man show — ’ |
| 21 | All I want is some action , and I do n't mean the action of my facial muscles working overtime in order to produce streams of bullshit . |
| 22 | All I want is some cigarettes . ’ |
| 23 | I need some le er the , I wanted a carton of live yoghurt I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't , it was natural , but it said mild flavoured |
| 24 | I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't it was natural , but it said mild flavoured and I do n't think it was the proper like the Greek style really live yoghurt that would have started all the fungus growing on it . |
| 25 | ‘ The most expensive ingredient that I used was fresh tomatoes . |
| 26 | The watercolours I used were raw sienna , French ultramarine and Indian red , which produced a series of slate greys and browns to match the London brick . |
| 27 | The companies I mentioned are important acquisitions . ’ |
| 28 | Previously , all the theory I learnt was head stuff . |
| 29 | For his second shot , which I estimated was 160 yards into a strong wind , Peter said , ‘ Jacky , I think it 's a 5-iron . ’ |
| 30 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |