Example sentences of "and [pron] be [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Caroline and I are yours to command . ’
2 Horrible and I 'm I lived quite happily for long enough to remember certainly means testing and my parents .
3 and I 'm I 'm yeah and I 'm I 've got a new mob er a new
4 I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly .
5 No , no i ever every decision was taken at the lodge , the shop stewards did n't run the strike between them and just inform us after every decision was taken by all fifty members at the start and forty members at the finish , and I 'm you know I 'm proud to say that everyone was part of what went on .
6 Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid .
7 Erm and I 'm you know I 'm sure now it 's it 's
8 And I remember one year , we 'd had some Webbs Curly lettuce and I was We had a good crop and I remember one lady who stayed in and she come used to come Well practically every other days for six of these .
9 I was seven and I was I went to a neighbour 's house and as it happened I was looking through the blooming window when the funeral went past so I was no better off you know .
10 For example , in this sense , a gross book value of an item of plant in historic cost terms is objective : in the plant accounts there is a debit which supports the balance sheet item and which is itself supported by an order and a paid invoice recording the historic cost .
11 It is channelled into a Fallopian tube , with the aid of the finger-like projections which surround its aperture , and which are themselves covered by numerous cilia , resembling tiny eye-lashes .
12 The basic dimension of a mill was its width which determined both the length and the height , and which was itself determined by the length of the cotton-spinning ‘ mule ’ .
13 And who are thee to threaten ?
14 And who are we to argue with such a fine prospect ?
15 ‘ I want you now / I wo n't take no for an answer , ’ runs the first line , and who are we to object ?
16 And who are we to knock that ?
17 And who are we to pass judgment on the Saudis ?
18 And who are we gon na send it to , if anybody ?
19 Well David Lightbown I mean er the brigadier said that these are very very occasional examples but from these stories that these gentlemen are telling us , and who are we to disbelieve them , the they make their claims , this is a very very serious problem in the Army .
20 And who are you to say so ? ’
21 And who are you trying to kid ?
22 And who are you playing to , my friend ?
23 And who are you playing in the semis ?
24 And who is he referring to then , what does he mean , shall call ?
25 But no matter , and who am I to complain , certainly not to Jan , the lady of the maggots , who has been up since four and already whisked through acres of office carpet , scads of bins and oceans of scummy cups .
26 I have tried to exclude the legendary detectives for another day , but , despite my best efforts , Sam Spade , Philip Marlowe and James Bond have still managed to insinuate themselves : they used foot-in-the-door tactics , I 'm afraid , and who am I to argue ?
27 And who am I to argue with my Angel Gabriel , eh ?
28 It can not have been easy , all these years , and who am I to criticise , to look askance , I who have been lucky , who have only myself to please , whose time is free .
29 And who am I to criticize , he thought wryly to himself .
30 Still , he wears it proudly , despite the warm weather and his age of only eleven , and who am I to deprive him of his girth , his boorish style , his fun ?
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