Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to ask , why , when there co-operation at the , the Strathclyde bus company they have buses that are running choc-a-block constantly full , but then again suddenly a bus that does n't pay its full way is taken off and people that are dependant on that bus are left without any transport , why ca n't the busy bus subsidise the bus that is n't ? , because after it its public transport , so is it a complete and utter profit that the buses are running for or is it for the convenience of the public ? because it is |
| 2 | Or is it on the hearth ? |
| 3 | You think Is it is the red on the right or is it on the left ? |
| 4 | Is it in that child 's interest for it to go home or is it in the child 's interest er for the responsibility to lie with the local authority or the High Court ? |
| 5 | Do you find it 's just at night or is it in the day too ? |
| 6 | Down river , or was it up the river ? |
| 7 | Was it just free standing in the middle of the room or was it against the wall ? |
| 8 | Or was it after the diarrhoea but before the two lovely colds ? |
| 9 | Or was it from the father , do you think ? |
| 10 | Unlike Mediterranean countries , we do not have hours off for lunch , nor are we in the habit of large family lunchtime gatherings in the middle of the week . |
| 11 | The issues are not about inappropriate use of authority nor are they about the display of heroics . |
| 12 | Nor am I under the illusion that I alone am free of illusion . |
| 13 | ‘ Over yon moor is a farm that 's mine for the taking . |
| 14 | Leading by example is not enough — nor was it at the time of Risinghill . |
| 15 | Nor was she in the gaming room with its low lights on green baize tables , circles of hands restless with chips , cards , cigarettes , while the tension adjusted itself with each soft call of the croupiers . |
| 16 | And are you on the telephone there ? |
| 17 | And are you on the phone there ? |
| 18 | . And are you from the University too ? |
| 19 | They too must remember the many faces of fairness , and ask , in each case , what function the elected body serves , what they want to achieve ( punishing politicians , however deservedly , is an inappropriate answer ) and is it worth the upheaval ? |
| 20 | ‘ And was it along the trail that someone shot at you ? ’ |
| 21 | This may provide calmer sailing but is it worth the trouble ? |
| 22 | But Is it under the bed ? |
| 23 | But was it worth the risk of sharing work with the rival practice ? |
| 24 | I almost mistook one of your NF/BNP cousins as being you on the evening of 24 February 1992 outside the Stratford school when I , and my colleagues from the Stratford school governing body , heard a big scream of ‘ Pakis , go back ’ coming from a car passing by . |