Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 One of your colleagues , anybody in the room , and if you , when you are the potential client , when you talk to Gerald or whoever 's talking to you , er , as if you 're a potential client , relate to everything he says .
2 The new methods of European co-operation will prove increasingly relevant and useful in the enlargement of the Community , which will carry on apace from about the mid-1990s and — this has not yet been mentioned in the debate — in the awakening of public opinion in France and Germany where they are beginning to realise some of the implications of what their political leaders have signed .
3 A large aerogenerator programme is at present underway in the Netherlands where it is hoped that wind will be supplying about one quarter of Dutch electricity demand by the year 2000 .
4 So , sa so what did , what did you make of what he was saying today , it 's either Hermestone or he 's gon na upgrade Tynecastle ?
5 Is you 've got ta be like that show in the West End where it 's gon na feel like the first time .
6 You may tell Lady Amelia where we are going for our walk and that we will return shortly . ’
7 I 'm going to the Swindon match next Saturday & I was wondering if there was any chance of a lift from deepest London ?
8 If Paul or Erlend or I were to die at Siward 's hand , you would feet as he does .
9 Government decisions in Britain are made in the name ofthe Cabinet , in contrast to the United States where they are made in the name of the President .
10 A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday .
11 If he was not back tonight , then he would be tomorrow and if he was late , she must tell Bert that they were going to Ireland on Tuesday , early .
12 ‘ I gather from Noakes that it was crouching in a gateway . ’
13 Angry deputies of the parliament , the Supreme Soviet , voted 125-16 to ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the president 's announcement on Saturday that he was assuming special powers to force through a referendum on who rules Russia .
14 That 's why , cos she said I 'm just gon na know , I was gon na say to Richard that I was gon na ask Richard if if Emma , if he wants to go out with Emma ?
15 By Easter week it was clear to Richard that he was making no headway against a well-conducted defence and that in terms of political psychology it was risky to stake his reputation on one big success .
16 So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik .
17 His big thing at the moment does n't seem to be women but some ruined castle down in Berkshire that he 's getting restored . ’
18 It is far easier to characterize a madrigal by Morley than it is to sing a song by Byrd , partly because singers respond more intuitively and quickly to Morley 's text-illustrative music than to Byrd 's learned ( but still rhetorical ) polyphonic word-setting , partly because a Morley text will often be a chain of discrete moments where a Byrd text is more complex in syntax and in the connection of its ideas .
19 It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason .
20 It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason .
21 He 'd never settled back into civilian life , and after telling his family at Wood Burcote in Northamptonshire that he was going camping in France , wrote to say he 'd enlisted with the Croats .
22 Microsoft Corp and SAP AG , Walldorf , announced on Friday that they are extending their existing relationships based on SAP 's announcement last month that it would put its client-server-based R/3 applications up under Windows NT : the worldwide agreement elevates the joint technological co-operation to the next level , adding joint marketing and development — the two will exchange technology and industry expertise and experience to improve development of client-server system architecture and products .
23 IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war .
24 I 've got ta hand it in on Friday so I 'm getting a bit desperate .
25 Tell him often Ellen that he is to go to Italy soon where his mother and father who love him greatly await him .
26 But , but if he knew , if he knew Ken that they were coming .
27 I kept thinking cos I was , was n't very well Saturday so I was lying on the settee thinking well I hope it ai n't me .
28 Actually you 've got McDonalds so you 're getting better . ’
29 Then he 'd tell Phil Simpkin that he was having trouble with one of the staff , and she 'd be out on her wiggly bottom before she knew what hit her .
30 So he 's got the white shoes , the white pants , he sounds just like Dean Martin and Bing Crosby and he 's schmaltzing all the old tunes to death .
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