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Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence .
2	Erm I thought that erm I , I mean I was getting some things that John has n't , has n't mentioned , erm when you mentioned the wife being there erm when you , when you were introducing the C C Q you then assumed that you would be coming back with recommendations
3	And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class .
4	Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever .
5	Do n't you know you 're using that boy like bait to catch a fish ?
6	It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below .
7	By putting them through the assessment and certification process we are demonstrating that confidence , as well as showing our commitment to quality assurance .
8	US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement .
9	Has it been going this lesson ?
10	‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche .
11	‘ Has he been left any money by somebody ? ’
12	He puts down something like eight guitar tracks using numerous WEM Copicats and what have you , and it 's only when you hear them all together that you realise he 's assembled this sound that he had in his head .
13	The best way to find it is to look some way off a line joining Beta Ceti to Alpha Phœnicis .
14	Adam found he was holding both hands clamped over his mouth .
15	Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said .
16	He says I 'm writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray .
17	Steve keeps saying he were he says I 'm having that tape recorder , I says you 're not she 's coming to take it back .
18	Hope you 're administering this Robert
19	And I only hope you 're bringing some money with you . ’
20	‘ I do n't envy you your job , Mr Milton , but I hope you 're having some fun out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's .
21	When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said .
22	‘ When that call was made we were told both players would be coming down and we did n't have to apply any new rules .
23	And they looked like that and I says , what , I says , they 've caused these men to earn all this money I says they 're earning more money than and that 's all you 're gon na offer me ?
24	He 's called the house a couple of times and he says he 's coming this way .
25	‘ Well — Mrs Crumwallis says he 's to have another dose of-of medicine before he goes to sleep . ’
26	Watson says he is planning more acquisitions this year , probably in France and Germany .
27	" Let it be decided this way , " she said to her father .
28	He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink .
29	It 's hard enough for him to accept Angy 's shabby treatment of Rick , her lies about the ring and her deceit in letting him think she was carrying another man 's child .
30	‘ I 'm glad to see you 're putting those binoculars to good use , ’ Windeler said , indicating the Zeiss that Schaffer was still holding , ‘ but I doubt that they 'll tell you much .