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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
| 5 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 6 | ‘ The most expensive ingredient that I used was fresh tomatoes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The companies I mentioned are important acquisitions . ’ |
| 9 | Previously , all the theory I learnt was head stuff . |
| 10 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'd been half-hoping Vecchi might show before I sent Laura Channing out to what might develop into target-practice . |
| 12 | This appeal presents an early opportunity in the life of the Children Act 1989 , to give what I hope is useful guidance to family proceedings courts and their clerks on the subject of findings of facts and reasons . |
| 13 | Give what I hope is curt nod , though double chins seem to go on flapping for ever . |
| 14 | All I hear is low murmuring , words too faint , a radio band clogged with interference . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've got to get you warm somehow , and the best way I know is transferred body heat . |
| 16 | To-day , I was a guest at 's First ( of many hopefully ) Nativity Plays … she was a musician … for 3½ yr-olds , they were all very good … & disciplined … which as you & I know is HARD WORK ! |
| 17 | Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’ |
| 18 | I am puzzled by the aquatic use of what I assume are terrestrial plants . |
| 19 | He says there will I hope be improved protection for side impacts . |
| 20 | ‘ And she thinks the leaking vessels are in the same places as before , which I suppose is good news . |
| 21 | Alex and I enjoy it occasionally and I enjoy making it , which I suppose is sufficient justification for the trouble . ’ |
| 22 | The last the last quality entertainment video that I watched was Pretty Woman but I did n't like it . |
| 23 | Derek had another inspiration : what I needed was fresh air . |
| 24 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 25 | I joined the Associate Membership scheme in the beginning and left it last year because of what I felt was gross overcharging for a pathetic members ' service . |
| 26 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 27 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 28 | CABBIE I ROBBED IS NEAR DEATH |
| 29 | ‘ We wo n't ! ’ called Quigley , with what I feared was misplaced optimism . |
| 30 | The message that I get when I try is Invalid media or Track 0 bad — disk unusable . |