Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Them alone are werf a small fortune . |
| 2 | ‘ I better be making a start . |
| 3 | My first impression was how well everything runs and in saying that I really am paying a tribute to previous chairmen . |
| 4 | I then was sent a letter telling me that I 'd passed this exam , I then had what 's known as a medical to check that I was okay , there was no , I had no faults or injuries or health problems . |
| 5 | Will I actually be buying a unit linking life assurance plan , and not a with profits life assurance plan . |
| 6 | I too am writing a book about this period … it will be more accurate than this one , I assure you . ’ |
| 7 | The more I read of the early months of Nicholas MacMahon the more convinced I became that I too was rearing a prodigy . |
| 8 | Would you eventually be having a sloping floor building as well ? |
| 9 | So will you perhaps be wanting a couple of bags , say , of coal to help with the fire ? |
| 10 | Have you just been given a position of more responsibility ? |
| 11 | ‘ What could she possibly be having a hand in ? |
| 12 | But I am sure your own good sense will tell you that it is hardly practical nor proper for a girl as young as you still are to run a house alone without a companion of any sort . |
| 13 | And she had one or two hires including higher art and then somebody said oh that would be good for the P R department is looking for staff so she now is doing a superb job running a marketing operation , editing an internal newspaper it all herself and erm all of that I taught her , now I want to move her on to the stage where she can get professional recognition for this , now that is what I call an absolute beginner |
| 14 | That we really are putting a tremendous number of people on the street over the course of the year , erm that the general public are facing . |
| 15 | ‘ We too are having a christening today . ’ |
| 16 | Your home could be at risk if you do n't take some basic precautions — and not taking them now is giving a burglar an invitation for later . |
| 17 | ‘ Our dynamic legislative leaders drank coffee and occasionally took notes , but they rarely were given a chance to say anything . ’ |
| 18 | They too are given a special smelly identity , for their owners have scent glands in the soles of their feet . |
| 19 | As Sheila told the story , everyone joined in her laughter , as though they too were remembering a shared experience , Annie too . |
| 20 | The acting returning officer for St Ives says that , to start with , most of the complaints about proxy voting came from the residents of old people 's homes , but that other people have since said that they too were denied a vote . |
| 21 | It is far from unknown for an expert reader who provides an unfavourable report on a book in manuscript to find it nevertheless being published a year or so later . |
| 22 | Nor had he ever been offered a wild card at the Hot Tuna in Newquay , the only World Tour contest to be held in the UK . |
| 23 | It struck her then just how quickly he really was becoming a man . |
| 24 | Thus , the JanSport backpacks which were once Lo Life standard issue are now widely derided , as Moet and his friends turn to more sophisticated techniques : ‘ The way me and my friends do it now is to wear a suit and tie like we was just comin' from work , and carry a travel bag to carry another suit . |
| 25 | And it really is to promote a couple of the initiatives of your instrument that I stand here . |
| 26 | It really is hurting a lot . |
| 27 | He actually is reading a paper from Atlanta , but if he 's speaking with a slight Scottish accent then er that 's only because he 's actually from Scotland . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , it certainly is beating a little fast . |
| 29 | He certainly was looking a little distracted . |
| 30 | One of them upstairs is avin' a bad time , and ‘ er only fourteen , too . ’ |