Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 2 | Yeah I 'm sorry I 'm a little bit late but , you know , I just wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turnings cos erm |
| 3 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 4 | Why I 'm very positive about this I am a rheumatoid arthritis person , have been since I oh I do n't know happen to be in my fifties I think . |
| 5 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 6 | ‘ I — I 'm afraid I was a little bit bossy in those days , ’ she admitted contritely . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 8 | As early as 1895 he was a regular contributor to the Engineer and Engineering , taking the great engineers of the day to task over technical issues , and he soon became well known . |
| 9 | But I 'll get on to my resolution which is unemployment benefit and I 'll say this it 's a bloody disgrace and I mean it . |
| 10 | If you do not feel you want to do this it is a great pity but at least do not avoid having your photograph taken as part of the normal course of events ( at weddings , parties , social events ) . |
| 11 | If your bureau does this it is no bad idea to volunteer to be included on the rota . |
| 12 | The verificationist who is unwilling to admit the possibility of such facts ( in this he is a consistent anti-realist ) must therefore say that such a statement , though perhaps it may be determinately false when one of its consequences is observed to be false , still can not achieve determinate truth . |
| 13 | we 're not quite getting this clear it 's an excellent idea . |
| 14 | It finally became clear it was a false alarm . |
| 15 | It 's easier it 's a great deal easier to say than to do . |
| 16 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 17 | ‘ With Hamed it was a real search . ’ |
| 18 | I would n't say it was brave it was a normal thing to do , was n't brave , there was nothing brave about that . |
| 19 | Be it industrial , domestic or social it is a major cause of neighbour disputes . |
| 20 | For some it was a reassuring catch-phrase like ‘ You Never Had It So Good ’ . |
| 21 | These children would be billeted out among local families , and for some it was the only holiday they ever had . |
| 22 | This young lad about probably about twenty three , twenty four , and he came in with a cigarette and I said excu excuse me but I 'm afraid it 's a no-smoking area . |
| 23 | I 'm afraid it 's a good deal classier than the tumble-down old Pullmans I 've found for the rest of you . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm afraid it 's a negative comment . |
| 25 | There was a children 's outing that day and I 'm afraid it 's the old story . |
| 26 | ‘ Exactly , but I 'm afraid it 's the old class system again , Anne . |
| 27 | By the 1830s he was a revered scientist and had invented an electromagnetic coil machine . |
| 28 | At 20 years old he is a Grand Slam winner and he achieved it against Agassi in a slugging final that in the end had the 17.000 crowd at Roland Garros on their feet . |
| 29 | At one year old he was the ideal age for breeding and although he 'd never been with another bird before , his first mate produced eggs within two months . |
| 30 | And I oh I fought hard I never wanted a baby to be born in the wok house cos the word workhouse to me in the old it was a terrible name . |