Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Now that was er , it was er or they were oranges what had been cut in half and they had the centre taken out so it was just the orange peel and that was pressed into these barrels , filled with water and that was then brought up on to the quay , left on the quay and that used to go to .
2 When Red and I were kids we had races jumping on ponies in the fields and galloping them round a tree and back without a bridle .
3 but this whole case is about management and service charges and you 're person who erm assess them for the purposes of the brochure , you say you do n't recall whether it 's the second or third addition ever seen by you ?
4 Morland said today : ’ The city fully expects us to survive the bid and we are confidant we will still be drinking Old Speckled Hen Beer on Friday . ’
5 No , even before this coming to be er came to be we were there and we were men who were different and some of us were even gods and we were pure souls and intellects .
6 And they are gulls they are invisible they are human
7 Purchasing costs often represent a substantial part of the total costs of production , and they are costs which may be incurred by various sub-units of production .
8 They are books which bring together all three of the worlds we inhabit , and they are books which appear to thrive on being seen through — on the transparency of their suggestion that tyrannies , that sycophancy , conspiracy and repression , courts and courtiers , are all on the royal right , and in the bush , and running into the sand .
9 There was Sammy and Davie and and er from Comely Bank , Willie and Jim they were all Stevedores and Andrew and They were stevedores you see a lot of .
10 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 .
11 and then suddenly you hear the dog goes running off and he 's bit its ear !
12 and he 's Ron you 're going to experience a lot of things that you 're not going be happy about he says but I 'll let you find out for yourself .
13 On the contrary he strode in , rubbing his hands and making it clear that he , too , would like a piece of venison , and he being Bodo it was not really possible to refuse him .
14 So they 're just examples of attitude gents , which And it 's attitude which causes the problems .
15 the opposite way and it 's K it 's sort of the rate at which the exc
16 And it 's Zack who gets the crowd bouncing up and down in time to his dazzling raps .
17 You know , water is wet and , even when you change it into , and you freeze it , you know , you hold the ice it still is wet when you heat it up and it 's steam it 's still wet !
18 And it 's Tommy who 's scored , the young Irishman has done so well at the heart of the defence for Shrewsbury , has got into the opposition penalty area and what about this for a score line ?
19 If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring .
20 I sincerely hope not , and it 's time we proved it .
21 But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest .
22 He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world .
23 The rest of Europe has it and it 's time we came into line with them .
24 Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this .
25 Let's face it , she 's a very attractive girl and it 's time she was married . ’
26 Her Christmas show proved she has not lost her touch and it 's time she was fully acknowledged as the comic genius she is .
27 And it 's time you stopped being afraid of life . ’
28 And it 's time you changed , my duck .
29 He began , ‘ You have been in the House fifteen years and it 's time you were promoted … and I now want you to go to the Board of Education .
30 ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’
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