Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] be [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps worth recording here , particularly for the benefit of Alan , to whom I am copying this letter , that the idea , while being born out of a most pleasant lunch with Terri Peralla , stands up well in my view to critical evaluation . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course the poetry 's no good , ’ grumbled a friend to whom I was praising this volume . |
| 3 | If he does become prime minister ( with the aforementioned majority ) , I will eat one copy of the edition of the New Statesman in which you are reading this article . ’ |
| 4 | The experience of coming from the north-east of England is an important influence on my views on the issue with which we are dealing this morning . |
| 5 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |
| 6 | Unless anyone should mistake my purpose , I say clearly that , provided that local authorities , at the point of change in April 1993 , have the power to spend that which they are spending this year , plus inflation , not one meal on wheels , not one old people 's home , not one teacher — in fact not one public provision — need be cut . |
| 7 | So she knows she may hear from you I am copying this letter to . |
| 8 | It is n't really you who 's feeling this way , it 's the girl you used to be who 's been somehow resurrected — brought back to life by all the memories that surround you . |
| 9 | Party of the week had to be the one which was held this week to launch NEW ORDER manager ROB GRETTON 's latest business venture . |
| 10 | Oh you ca n't you , you , that 's what we we 're saying this morning |
| 11 | None of the changes made to SERPS affects anybody who is retiring this century . |
| 12 | Well would n't it be making a point if erm everybody who was owed this time took it regardless |
| 13 | she says the hum , and then she was telling us when she brought the tape back the other day one of her interviews was telling her she was interviewing this man s er out of , out of the blue take off all your clothes please . |
| 14 | it was him we were laughing this morning |
| 15 | Er because they know that on average unless things change a lot , that they they 're following this curve this growth this growth curve . |
| 16 | Yeah , well I think I 'm down this weekend cos I do n't know what I 'm doing this weekend . |
| 17 | Your daughter Vanessa , judging by what she 's learnt this term , has no hearing-organs at all . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Stop what you are doing this minute . ’ |
| 19 | Is that all what you 're getting this Christmas . |
| 20 | Can we decide what we are doing this weekend because erm |
| 21 | It was impossible to tell what he was doing this afternoon . |