Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are them that divv n't like it , ’ she said , dogged , as he was to discover , by honesty . |
| 2 | ‘ Am I such a mystery , David ? ’ she asked teasingly . |
| 3 | Am I such an ogre ? ’ |
| 4 | Am I that boring Frank ? |
| 5 | I used to say to my mum , " Why am I this colour ? " |
| 6 | Am I some sort of climbing Jonah , the victim of misfortune and circumstance ? |
| 7 | I wanted to bring ye both in there , but Shamus says , for Christ 's sake they 're me own brother and his wife . |
| 8 | She was a washed-out wash-out , Miss , why 're you such a div ? |
| 9 | ‘ What 're you all up to , then ? ’ she asked . |
| 10 | Marlon , why 're we all het up about , about agricultural protectionism ? |
| 11 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 12 | Why are you such cowards ? |
| 13 | Why are you such cowards ? |
| 14 | Basically it said ‘ John Lennon , why are you such a hippy , why are n't you a revolutionary ? ’ |
| 15 | Are you such an open society . |
| 16 | ‘ What are you all up to ? |
| 17 | As are you all . |
| 18 | Dad yelled at them , ‘ Where are you all going ? |
| 19 | ‘ Where are you all off to ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ How are you all ? ’ |
| 21 | Even if a daughter or son or husband were seriously ill , the answer to ‘ How are you all ? ’ would be ‘ Well , praise be to God , , thus giving all into God 's hands , and relying on his wisdom and mercy . |
| 22 | ‘ What the blazes are you all talking about ? ’ the father yelled , putting both hands to his hair . |
| 23 | Are you all in favour of those ? |
| 24 | Who are you all of a sudden ? |
| 25 | There came one of those breaks in the conversation , and in the middle of it Jane suddenly asked : " Are you all better again now , dear ? |
| 26 | I mean would you spend more if you had it or are you all well balanced ? |
| 27 | The seventy nine of you who voted for banning hunting , a are you all townees , do you not understand th the fabric of er , of the country ? |
| 28 | Are you all doing Q at on your night school course ? |
| 29 | ‘ Please , what are you all talking like this for ? |
| 30 | Are you all prepared ? ’ |