Example sentences of "and [pers pn] be [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Caroline and I are yours to command . ’ |
2 | Whereas pubs are different , they are out , they have to pay a lot of people and their rent and everything else and they are ours to make a profit . |
3 | You 're having some row between yourselves and it 's nothing to do with me and you never want to listen to me and — ’ |
4 | And it 's nothing to do with me . |
5 | ‘ There 's an art to tackling and it 's nothing to do with the elbows in faces , eye-poking , testicle-grabbing and raking opponents down their Achilles tendons that he talks about . |
6 | ‘ It 's obvious , and it 's nothing to do with your charts . |
7 | And I shall go out with Nigel as often as I like , I shall go to his home whenever I like , and it 's nothing to do with you ! |
8 | Sorry to be so cryptic , and it 's nothing to worry about — in fact , quite the reverse . |
9 | This is a very common response , and it 's nothing to worry about as long as you realize that the manager 's emphasis has to be on getting the unit to run efficiently . |
10 | And it 's something to do with getting the num the , the system so you 've got zeros in and I did n't understand what the heck it was on about . |
11 | Now you 've had a very good idea for fund raising I believe have n't you and it 's something to do with your daddy . |
12 | I do n't mind the hard training because you get better and better at it and it 's something to do . ’ |
13 | and it 's something to do with work then ? |
14 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |
15 | And it 's something to do with that and an embargo date 's a little bit like that , and in a sense , you may well be able to stop people actually publishing the thing , but they will still know and be working on it if it 's of any importance , so use embargo dates advisedly . |
16 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
17 | coming to London and it is something to do with television |
18 | I can not remember why it is wrong , but it is something to do with the music , and it is something to do with Calatin … |
19 | Life is a gift , and it is yours to learn how to receive , not to earn . |
20 | So Penny rang those numbers to find out where it was and it was something to do with the council or something . |
21 | Sombro was presenting a common behaviour problem for male dogs , and it was nothing to do with high-strung pedigree breeding , failure to live up to expectations of unreasonable or over-demanding owners , or lack of freedom or space . |
22 | I could n't say where , except it was like a pit , and sometimes I was floating above and it was nothing to do with me . |
23 | Come that way er like , they do n't seemed to be giving it to 'em , and it was nothing to do with them , they bought it and , and they would have a search done as the reason when you buy houses are n't there ? |
24 | A stark poem with the photograph reads : ‘ Once my heart was one and it was yours to keep . |
25 | The comb was made of shiny steel and it was his to keep . |