Example sentences of "[det] [pers pn] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , another he said was that bloke came in later . |
| 2 | Erm the tentative benefit you put in at the end of that you said is that okay and Maggie said yes erm the answer could be construed I , I thought in that basis well yes it 's okay so what whereas if you 'd 've said is that of interest to you |
| 3 | Now to the house itself , one of the early observers gives us a clue when mentioning the house he writes of the fine Elizabethan chimneys still standing , these I believe are those which collapsed in 1973 after having previously been lowered owing to their dangerous condition , on the collapse of these some fine timber framing was discovered in the older parts of the house showing considerable blackening , and Mrs Lingham informed me that vestiges of a gallery were discovered , and it was suggested that this part of the building may have been of the hall type . |
| 4 | All I know is that love , falling in it and out of it , and everything in between , is a fascinating subject to me and to many of my guests . |
| 5 | All I know is that friendship with a woman is quite , quite different from any relationship you may have with a man . |
| 6 | ‘ All I know is that Himmler wants you out of here . ’ |
| 7 | Well all I know is this is all I 've got here . |
| 8 | All I thought was that health monitor basically follows it but it just needs a , a little bit of clarification so that everybody knows exactly when forms are supposed to be produced . |
| 9 | All I had were some trout in the freezer by courtesy of the millpond . |
| 10 | It 's pretty confusing at first , cos all I remember is this blue light , and it ai n't here no more . |
| 11 | All I saw were this pair of legs sticking over the desk and him going aaaaagh ! |
| 12 | As I lay on my back and tried to visualize those brigades of white cells marching to my rescue , all I saw were those other cadavers so plentiful in our ancient cathedrals . |
| 13 | It was strange not being able to communicate but someone who could speak English was always on hand to translate and often all I needed were those wonderful smiles and greetings from people . |
| 14 | All I need is That one |
| 15 | Contrariety will only appear here if it is specified that apples ( or pears ) constituted the whole of the purchase : All I bought were some apples/pears . |
| 16 | ‘ All I have is this message . ’ |
| 17 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 18 | All I want is some action , and I do n't mean the action of my facial muscles working overtime in order to produce streams of bullshit . |
| 19 | All I want is some cigarettes . ’ |
| 20 | All I want is some idea of why he tucks himself away down here in general practice running a one-man show — ’ |
| 21 | Oh I 'm thinking we came out here all I want is some |
| 22 | At school , all I learned was that sex was wicked . |
| 23 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 24 | All she knew was that , unlike Cinderella , she did not want to go to Roman 's ball … |
| 25 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 26 | And , and we 've just had our walls repainted and I furious with with erm Rita cos all she we , all she got was these bloody pastel colours I tell you if I was |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been asking myself that question , ’ Jenna confessed , but all she got was another suspicious look . |
| 28 | ‘ All she sees are several greasy smears across the glass . ’ |
| 29 | Diana was treated with kid gloves when all she needed was some sensible advice , a cuddle and a consoling word . |
| 30 | My mum knows more about football — and all she knows is that QPR play in a pretty kit . |