Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 're [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
2 | So , for instance , if you have an argument with the police er on a matter , you might very well have to say to the police , I think officer you were take that and say you 're a lying bastard . |
3 | ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’ |
4 | Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company . |
5 | How do we know they 're the proper people to have sight of these — documents ? |
6 | ‘ I expect they 're the same ones he used to tell me . ’ |
7 | One sees it occasionally in , in a , in school lessons where a teacher will give a straight factual lesson for thirty-five minutes , and then say , ‘ Sit up , get your rulers out , imagine you 're a Saxon peasant . ’ |
8 | He says you do n't belong in this country , he says you 're a bloody Chinese , get back to bloody your own country , you do n't tell me what to do in my own bloody country and all this lot . |
9 | ‘ Mr Duncan says you 're a good gardener . |
10 | ‘ I hope you 're a good traveller , love , ’ he said and the van rattled away down Wapping High Street . |
11 | ‘ I hope you 're a good walker , ’ Fen said as he tied up . |
12 | I thought I had that in my introductory letter , the one that says we 're a small company making recordings , we 're currently collecting recordings of erm sort of English as used in everyday situations and we would like to record on your premises if we may . |
13 | and he 's going like this he says they 're no bloody good these . |
14 | He says they 're a real pushover . |
15 | The company which makes them says they 're an effective way of getting the message across . |
16 | I 'm I 'd like to know what it 's like running Oxford City Council when , and I 'm sure you think you 're doing an good job and many people probably do think you 're a good job , but there are lots of issues that need discussing . |
17 | They gon na think you 're a terrible idiot but at least you get the tapes done ! |
18 | But on the other hand say you 're a hundred and you 're working more with adapters they 're going to really think you 're a strong innovator . |
19 | Because er there 's too much , because they did n't like the way things were run , something like that and on occasions we have had to say to people , we 're sorry , we just do n't think you 're the right kind of person for us . |
20 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
21 | Swap one card with a player of your choice , ah I swap with you cos I do n't think you 're the only fucker that has got one have you ? |
22 | ‘ He thinks you 're a great teacher , by the way . ’ |
23 | No matter what other people may say , do or think , and no matter what you may even have begun to believe yourself , there are two strong reasons why God thinks you 're an OK person . |
24 | You see , that 's what she , she goes you 're a near relative , you 're a kinsman , you 're a kinsman redeemer , you can bring |
25 | Erm , there is a very small chance that he 's going to say , all the time that I was on , on top of Everest , er , I was thinking about you , because I 've heard you 're the best thing since sliced wholemeal bread , I have three thousand people that I want to put through a programme in the next six weeks . |
26 | It shows you 're a good Christian . ’ |
27 | I think you 're suggesting that the local government would do a lot more if the national government would allow it , and I suspect you 're a Labour member of the Oxfordshire County Council and I think that you would point at the Conservative central government as being , if not deliberately anti-women , then the effect of some of it 's policies seemed to indicate that that 's where it 's heading . |
28 | A lot of people see T N T , even though they 're expensive , they are what most people ex , appreciate they 're a little bit exclusive as well , with the service that they offer , the image they portray . |
29 | ‘ Ah well , my dear , you must remember they 're a long way from home , and many of them have n't had much feminine company for a while . |
30 | They begin with a lukewarm rendition of their second single ‘ Suzanne ’ and exude a self-conscious hesitancy , although I 'm told they 're a roaring juggernaut of assurance compared to their earlier live self . |