Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] [am/are] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’
2 Self-love does not mean loving only your good points , or loving the person you are becoming , or believing you are perfect .
3 Extreme events which exceed the normal capacity of the human system to reflect , absorb or buffer them are inherent in hazard .
4 The person in question was a relative of hers and was killed or died I 'm sure not whether he was killed or died but certainly served in the forces in the four fourteen eighteen war in he was buried in .
5 Erm , she enjoys staff here and thinks they 're friendly .
6 When we start with the basics , any short cuts to understanding and drawing them are valuable .
7 Explaining that she was due to meet her INLA boss Dominic ‘ Mad Dog ’ McGlinchey in the Republic that November day , she told detectives : ‘ You may find this hard to believe and think I 'm hard and callous but if Dominic had asked me to do the same again , I would have done it . ’
8 ‘ I 'm not going to be all macho and deny I 'm gay , ’ averred Mr Kelly , who favours the barbigerous look á la Mr Beadle .
9 Sensations of white , for instance , are classed together , not because we can take them to pieces , and say they are alike in this , and not alike in that , but because we feel them to be alike altogether , though in different degrees .
10 The peace activists hope to stop a nuclear convoy leaving the base , and say they are prepared to go to jail for their cause .
11 Sometimes I get very cross with the patients , sometimes they , when you 're on call , they ring you up at three in the morning and say they 're constipated !
12 Now they 're appealing to other families to install detectors — and say they 're lucky that they and their children escaped alive .
13 He held his hands up and proclaimed : ‘ I do n't want to get into a big row over this and therefore I wo n't offend Woman 's Own Own and say they 're wrong .
14 My name is Roman Wyatt , but I wo n't copy the Americans and say I 'm pleased to meet you because I 'm not . ’
15 Too too shaming … can we stop shouting like this and may I come across to your flat and say I 'm sorry in person ?
16 Erm the er most important item I think Chairman is the work programme for the future year which commences at erm about twelve and forms the second half of the report and I would be very happy to deal with any questions and it is very clearly in the light of things that we 've already said , the first part of er that latter half of the report er which er emphasises the erm principal activities er to the department er that of strategic policy in paragraphs thirteen one , thirteen two and thirteen three are therefore perhaps the areas to which I would er draw you attention er most , but the report as whole is er I hope a reasonably succinct summary of what has gone on or what is proposed to be done and er in order to avoid simply what is already in the report , I , I would leave it at that point and say I 'm happy to deal with any questions .
17 Pray to God , and say you 're sorry . ’
18 Now I look at my life today and realise I am blessed .
19 And the fucking door and the next thing the wee fella come in and says yous are fucking bastards .
20 Beside the total rewards such men expected and obtained they are minute .
21 If I am dull and slow I am reproached , and now it appears that being vigorous does not answer , either . ’
22 Most people want to be special and know they are special to their loved and chosen partner .
23 Attempts to rescue and re-evaluate them are apt to be less rewarding than making a fresh start .
24 I 'm going to sacrifice maybe holidays this year , and maybe have a couple of long weekend breaks , as long as I earn enough to keep my head above water and to pay my way in life for the next twelve months , keep my family fed and watered I 'm Okay , then I 'm going to take stock in twelve months ' time .
25 You 'll be all to aware of the school 's financial circumstances and understand we are unable to afford replacement or repair .
26 John Davies , Regional Railways ' manager for Wales , explains : ‘ Although we seek partnership opportunities , any success is based on getting people to trust us and believe we are interested in the long-term future of the railways here . ’
27 Often we do n't like them and when we like them least we call them bureaucracies and feel they are malignant , that they interfere with our freedoms , that they are insensitive to our needs .
28 And appreciate them and feel they 're worthwhile ?
29 ‘ But I have just won the Young Eagle award and feel I am close to my best . ’
30 I have been missing a lot of bites and assuming they are false takes — probably on the shoe — I will replace the No.8 with a No.12 Styl , hoping to eliminate the problem .
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