Example sentences of "be [adv] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we went in the bank and I won a house on the bingo , you could of cracked me Julie said if we win we 'll go halfs I said right you are so we said right that was fine , there was four of the bleeding winners one pound fifty I ended up with |
| 2 | those , those are already you know like that their fortunate with those |
| 3 | because of a girl , I really think he 's loyal in that way , in that sense , because they are very close they have a laugh and I know when we 're with them they 're always like seem to be impressing everyone but I 'm sure when they 're together they have like , you know , human conversations , they must do , they ca n't always be talking about screwing and you know , which girls have got big tits and all that |
| 4 | But as soon as it builds up , you see how big it 's gon na be so I said well that 's gon na be like erm Buckingham Palace I should think ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not one to speak ill of my betters , as you know , ’ said Mrs Cornforth , ‘ but her Ladyship 's remarks within Thomas 's hearing about my profiteroles Angels would not forgive ! ’ |
| 6 | You see I 'm not he goes either |
| 7 | No , I 'm , I 'm not you see so I can do it if you 're busy |
| 8 | I 'm not I mean so |
| 9 | Asked how long he would be away he said softly , " I do n't know . " |
| 10 | ‘ Whenever I 'm away I get so homesick for Jill . |
| 11 | Well these all need to be well I mean quite often this stuff we can |
| 12 | The proper place for fast engines would , in the future , be where they operated most efficiently — in the air . |
| 13 | But to be where you 've always been makes it easier . |
| 14 | That must be why they grow so tall so quickly and such a peculiar shade of green . |
| 15 | All Boy could think of to explain this was that the man was older than he was , and that he actually had a husband in a sort of way , and not just for one night or a few nights , and so that had to be why he felt differently about the films he watched . |
| 16 | ‘ That could be why he went home that day feeling groggy . |
| 17 | ‘ It is true that in the eighteen years she has been here I have never heard her speak . |
| 18 | Are n't agricultural prices subsidized twice , they 're subsidized to the farmers , so the farmer gets X for growing it which increases the price automatically on the market , but are n't they subsidized so they can be sold abroad ? |
| 19 | So why are n't they crawling all over the place ? ’ |
| 20 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 21 | But are n't we getting away from the subject ? ’ |
| 22 | Bernard soon awoke and asked ; ‘ Are n't we home yet ? ’ |
| 23 | Well why are n't we talking then . |
| 24 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Are n't you taking rather a one-sided view of it ? ’ she ventured sharply . |
| 26 | ‘ Why , are n't you ready yet ? |
| 27 | I 've been stood out there ages ! — Anyway , why are n't you dressed yet , you lazy beggar ? |
| 28 | ‘ Daddy , are n't you finished yet ? |
| 29 | Are n't you suffering unnecessarily ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Are n't you working tomorrow ? |