Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [pron] be [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it was his imagination . |
| 2 | Or perhaps it was his fingers that were having that effect . |
| 3 | John le Grant said , ‘ And so what 's his suggestion ? ’ |
| 4 | And so what was your quarrel with him all about ? |
| 5 | Bob is a lecturer at a local college , and so it is his wife Beryl who runs the hotel . |
| 6 | And so it is my conclusion that you are at present a man without funds , clearly ignorant of the axiom that ‘ there is no such thing as a free lunch ’ . ’ |
| 7 | And so it was our prisoner . |
| 8 | And so it was my experience not to become closer to him in our isolation but to approach myself more closely . |
| 9 | I know it was a learner like and obviously it was her first time out . |
| 10 | And anyway it 's our money , ’ he said . |
| 11 | And just who are its backers ? |
| 12 | And exactly what was his connection with Adam ? |
| 13 | And also there 's my business card and on there you 'll see that you 've got a contact number |
| 14 | There was nothing wrong with the jumper and legally it is her fault for not checking the size . |
| 15 | Okay now erm , there 's a slight change of plan because er following one or two of the classes last week I realized that erm I had n't made myself very well understood last week and er what came back from one or two people was rather garbled , and really it 's my own fault because I probably tried to do too much too quickly and as a result perhaps er did n't make myself clear . |
| 16 | " And now what is your fee ? |
| 17 | They were beautiful combs , expensive combs , and now they were her combs . |
| 18 | This was the first chance she 'd had to wear them ; last night things had been too fraught to think of dressing up , and now they were her only adornment . |
| 19 | ‘ My children are all grown up and now it 's my turn , ’ she says . |
| 20 | And now it 's my turn . |
| 21 | As I said , everyone has to go there and a list of Swifts as long as my arm have been to it and now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 22 | And now it is Thy will that I leave this festival ; I go . |
| 23 | He smiled his rather pale , somewhat wintry smile and said ‘ Thank you gentlemen , and now it is my painful duty to set you your homework ’ . |
| 24 | I have been dishing it out for a number of years , and now it is my turn to take it . |
| 25 | And now it is my duty to introduce Doctor and erm I think you said you were talking to us about yourself and erm also a little bit about your holidays ? |
| 26 | And now it was her turn . |
| 27 | By the time he reached the gallery his mother was at the far end of the broad corridor , but she was n't going into her room or into his room , she was making for the attic stairs , and now it was his turn to raise his eyebrows . |
| 28 | She had said it all and now it was his turn to speak . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew as soon as I saw Damian that he was the son I 'd never had , and now he is my son , in a way , is n't he ? ’ |
| 30 | He had desired her once , and now she was his wife . |