Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [be] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 2 | ‘ I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 3 | I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 4 | That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information . |
| 5 | ‘ All I want is a normal life . |
| 6 | And , for the moment , all I want is a little peace and quiet although it 's not all that quiet , thanks to the gaps between the attic floorboards left by the cottage 's Victorian jerrybuilder : how Riva can snore on through all those goings-on I do not know . |
| 7 | ALL I want is a fantastic time with just as crazy a female . |
| 8 | ‘ What I want is a biodegradable board — like the husk of a grain of wheat . |
| 9 | All I want is a few answers , then you 're free to leave any time you like . ’ |
| 10 | All I want is a yearly figure . ’ |
| 11 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 12 | All I want is a little cottage . |
| 13 | But right now , all I want is a fair hearing . |
| 14 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 15 | He said : ‘ Special Branch should now be called in to flush out what I suspect is a politically-motivated mole operating within the palace . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm going to waste my time visiting two dealers , both of whom will try to sell me items I do n't want — and one of which I know is a nineteenth-century fake . |
| 17 | But none as far as I know is a homicidal maniac . |
| 18 | Others include Councillor Brian Meek , Mr. Struan Stevenson , Councillor Christine Richards and Mr. Arthur Bell , who I know is a particular favourite of the Under-Secretary of State . |
| 19 | And there are other references throughout to , what I reply is a clear direction that most developments should be in erm in or closely related to settlements and , of course , that will be a matter addressed through through local plans . |
| 20 | ‘ All I remember was a huge bang and it careering into us . |
| 21 | The cases reported to Hoffman-La Roche I believe are a tiny fraction of all reactions . |
| 22 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , West ( Mr. Douglas ) , who I believe is a prospective candidate in Garscadden , need have no worries about a statutory register in respect of the council tax . |
| 23 | I must confess I find being a complete freelance is a strain and I love the family feeling of a company . |
| 24 | Then somehow we did get romantically linked up and some people , right near the end of the situation with that band , singled us out as potentially more interesting than the band , which I suppose was a cruel situation really . |
| 25 | I shall be no trouble , all I ask is a quiet corner of your warm room … ’ |
| 26 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |
| 27 | I think this is quite realistic except during that period when you are ‘ in love ’ , which I think is a hysterical state where you ca n't even bear for your lover to go to the loo without you going too . |
| 28 | We ca n't get rid of the horror and the fears , but we can do something to increase our competence in dealing with it and facing it , which I think is a healthier way than freezing , flying away from it , or fighting it . |
| 29 | The reason I draw attention to this guidance is that it draws what I think is a crucial distinction for our purposes here today , between the need to assess at the structure plan level the need for a road proposal and in paragraph five thirty one , a clear statement there that consideration of environmental impacts in relation to where the road goes , is a matter for the local plan . |
| 30 | The British government er not only went along with this agreement at the time of the Edinburgh summit , they positively endorsed this arrangement er as being something that they er strongly supported and urged upon other member states in the European community er and that I think is a relevant matter with respect er Mr Deputy Speaker , I I appreciate that er there are other issues relating to these er er constituencies that are of greater concern perhaps to er honourable and right honourable members but this question of who actually is to pay for any new building in the European parliament is something that I believe the government can not avoid . |