Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only difference they were very well written but they were signed you know Mohammed and which were names I used to go there . |
| 2 | I 'm very aware there 's lots of johs I ought to do — I used to be pretty thorough — and there are things I have n't got the time to do . |
| 3 | I ask your pardon for leaving you waiting at the door , but I 'm pressed , Owen , the days crowd me , and there are things I must set forward while I may . |
| 4 | She straightened sharply , and grinned at me , but her face was pale and there were shadows I had n't noticed a moment before . |
| 5 | I know beyond question that I am Oedipus and he is I. I should make it clear that I hold no truck with the theory of reincarnation ; it is just as clear to me that I am Marie Romanov , whose life overlapped with mine . |
| 6 | And it 's time I left . ’ |
| 7 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 8 | He just thinks Heather is a real cracker , and it 's time I settled down . |
| 9 | ‘ But there 's a time and a place for everything , and it 's time I moved on — saw a bit more of your beautiful country — maybe a bit of the world too , who knows ? ’ |
| 10 | I have had a wonderful 10 years , but the financial pressures are mounting and it is time I moved on . ’ |
| 11 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 12 | ‘ I am sorry to disturb you , Abu , ’ said Owen , ‘ but there are things I would know . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't , but there are things I have to do at home . ’ |
| 14 | Please , I 'm asking you to give me your blind trust and it 's unfair of me , but there are things I ca n't bring myself to confess just yet . |
| 15 | " There are other things more unkind , but it is time I went . " |
| 16 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you 're better-looking , Connie , but it 's Archie I 'd like to have a word with , ’ said Joe . |
| 18 | I 've always tried to happen to life ; but it 's time I let life happen to me . |
| 19 | ‘ I hate to break your heart , but it 's time I was on my way . ’ |
| 20 | But it 's Brian I would like to see . |
| 21 | ‘ But it 's Alice I 'm thinking of , sir , ’ Harry argued . |
| 22 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 23 | Well it was a kind of fur coat but it was rabbit I think , it was . |
| 24 | But it was evergreens I can mind mother making them . |