Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her condition is irreversible and she writes , ‘ this is not so much news as an appeal to Somervillians who might bring the existence of these neuropathies to the attention of the public , some of whom are probably in the early stages . ’ |
| 2 | The Scottish Select for tomorrow 's match includes Carol Maclean ( Livingston ) and Debbie Strang ( Glasgow City Brightsiders ) , both of whom are also in the national squad preparing for internationals against Wales at the end of March and the Home Countries Championship in Glasgow in April . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , I have an overdraft — but who does n't these days — and I am well within the agreed limit . |
| 4 | I took courage , stopped , looked my questioner straight in the eye and said , ‘ I come from Fontanellato by tram and I am here for the same reason as you are . |
| 5 | You are welcome to call me at home on if you want to discuss this , but note that I am away between the 3rd-19th April . |
| 6 | I am over at the big house within a couple of minutes , kilt on , best sporran and carrying the bagpipes , and prepared for anything . |
| 7 | Me , I am temporarily in the wholesale business . |
| 8 | ‘ But I am not in the outside world , my lord , ’ smiled Joan . |
| 9 | I am not in the slightest bit interested in the periphery , ’ says Gregory . |
| 10 | However , lest you think that I am too good to be true , let me at once add that I am not in the slightest inclined to gamble . |
| 11 | I am not like the odious Du Camp , who would proudly claim many years of friendship with Gustave , but would always deny him genius . |
| 12 | I am not against the general tenor of that which is sought . |
| 13 | I am now in the foreign regions of Tsin and U ; and countless are the miles of the trackless way , brushed by the wings of birds alone , lying between me and my native land . |
| 14 | I am back in the little room at the top of the spiral staircase on Wednesday morning and I am sitting on the Squeez-Ee box , with the minute in front of me , going through the remaining contents of the Quaker Oats archive , page by dusty page . |
| 15 | Personally I am all for the guilty being run to ground . |
| 16 | I am usually on the very brink of having a climax when my husband ‘ comes ’ . |
| 17 | I 'm right into the Italian soaps while I were over there . |
| 18 | I 'm also including the accompanying drum machine grooves . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm also in the import-export business . |
| 20 | I 'm just in the next room . |
| 21 | I 'm here in the black truth . |
| 22 | You only think you love me because I 'm here in the same house and there 's no one else . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm even in the top 10 of slow players . |
| 24 | I 'm already past the statutory retirement age and besides , I 've enjoyed being with the people in Harwich so I 'd like to stick with them if I can . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm up against the six footer , and a five foot ten wife |
| 26 | No I 'm not on the medical register |
| 27 | I 'm not up in all that , I 'm not in the higher class , I just vote because he wants me to . |
| 28 | Repression would be looking at the cream cake and saying , I 'm not in the least bit interested , how revolting , disgusting , even though you actually unconsciously want it very much . |
| 29 | ‘ Because I 'm not in the right mood for studying . |
| 30 | ‘ If I 'm not in the right mood I get very guarded and do n't want to talk to people . |