Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | So I mean is this eggs that are put in by the , I mean I |
| 5 | But I suppose they 're all boys really , I mean are all boys like this really ? |
| 6 | Well , different utilities , different roads are being destroyed , bridges , I mean are these things going on ? |
| 7 | I mean are these noodles or |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
| 12 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 13 | All I want is some cigarettes . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The most expensive ingredient that I used was fresh tomatoes . |
| 15 | The companies I mentioned are important acquisitions . ’ |
| 16 | For his second shot , which I estimated was 160 yards into a strong wind , Peter said , ‘ Jacky , I think it 's a 5-iron . ’ |
| 17 | If I 'd been fourteen years old I should have commanded one shilling , but being only twelve and a half I got sixpence . |
| 18 | If only I 'd been 10 years of age again , I 'd have loved the ‘ Pirates Club ’ . |
| 19 | Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’ |
| 20 | I am puzzled by the aquatic use of what I assume are terrestrial plants . |
| 21 | I was too frightened , all I heard was 3 shots , a bump and a scream . |
| 22 | Based on what I thought were proper symptoms , Puls. was given but with only temporary relief , and slight lowering of the blood pressure . |
| 23 | First two cases I took were missing persons . |
| 24 | Yeah , no all I do is two insurances in the Midland now , I had so much hassle |
| 25 | In fact all I do is two lines like that . |
| 26 | Contrariety will only appear here if it is specified that apples ( or pears ) constituted the whole of the purchase : All I bought were some apples/pears . |
| 27 | Some what I call are comfy ones , some that I ca n't breathe in , you know ! |
| 28 | I had been four years at an evangelical theological college but no one had ever put it like that to me . |
| 29 | The only time I had was five hours on the Sunday beforehand , and that was supposed to be a rest day . ’ |
| 30 | The last break I had was five months ago . |