Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first the first half a year that I was Holland I I do n't think I was away for a holiday , but then the the next Summer then I was away . |
| 2 | Sometimes it can be slightly embarrassing to be successful at something , and if you are beginning to turn the occasional head now that you are slimmer you may come in for some negative comments from your rivals . |
| 3 | ‘ Knocking Leeds United is n't exactly new , and now that we 're champions I suppose we 'll have to put up with it all the more . ’ |
| 4 | Now that we 're lovers we 're closer still . ’ |
| 5 | Although they are characters they can not move or fight on their own , because they are part of their Mob . |
| 6 | They have to explain that although they 're priests they 're really not credulous nitwits , and then they feel they have to go further and they end up writing books about it and yapping away on the television . ’ |
| 7 | There are games in our region and as you rightly say they 're great for us but er I would n't say that they 're Derbies I mean the Derbies are are Birmingham West Brom and West Brom |
| 8 | First of all they say that if she thinks that they 're waxworks she should pay , and then they say that if she thinks that they are real , she should be talking to them . |
| 9 | This shows that they are words you are mentioning , or borrowing from another type of discourse , rather than words which you are using " in your own voice " . |
| 10 | Although it was Aladdin we were watching , Wishy Washy ( Michael Barrymore ) took over the show with his never-ending wisecracks . |
| 11 | It 's afternoon keep saying that it 's afternoon it 's morning to me this afternoon pick up your phone and give me a ring now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 12 | You 're forgetting that it 's Hilary you would have to turn to if you want me taken out . |
| 13 | I feel that it 's time we made a commitment . |
| 14 | Being told when you have just turned fifty that it 's time you retired does rather hurt . |
| 15 | That it 's time you stopped living in the past and started moving into the present . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No — but you dropped a dirty big hint that it 's time I was married , ’ he snapped tersely . |
| 17 | The trouble is that it 's frogs we 're talking about here . |
| 18 | ‘ But what you do n't understand is that it 's Leo I 'm doing it for . ’ |
| 19 | Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about . |
| 20 | We are in danger of forgetting that it is God we are talking about : the God who created us , the God who sustains us and has sovereign rights over us . |
| 21 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 22 | She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain . |
| 23 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 24 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 25 | Each time we went to bed , you 'd realize that it was Andrew I wanted to lay with . |
| 26 | It always makes me think because last time we saw an accident like that it was Penny you know what I mean ? |
| 27 | Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving . |
| 28 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 29 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |
| 30 | And erm we 've got this big rally er which a fortnight ago Julie suggested that we had a rally I think she thought er you know that it was time we a the public profile up sort of thing . |