Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But luckily I 'm a quick learner ’ , she says . |
2 | Suddenly I was the mature woman , faced with new kids in the workplace . |
3 | One day I will settle down , as they say , and raise a family and I look forward to it , for basically I am a home-loving person . |
4 | Or perhaps I am an avid correspondent . |
5 | Erm looking across from the Arms , one can see that , what I can only describe as a delightful bit of architecture , erm perhaps I 'm a little bit er of a philistine , but er I think it 's one of the nicest , most attractive buildings in the town . |
6 | Perhaps I 'm the first woman who has asked for their vote . ’ |
7 | Well I mean obviously I 'm the obvious alternative is er financial planning |
8 | Erm twenty second of July nineteen sixteen so I 'm a first war baby . |
9 | Er apparently she was a four year old er they searched for the mother , they found the mother and I understand now that the mother 's been charged with murder . |
10 | ‘ Perhaps she is a wealthy ward and Lackland plans to make her Queen of England . ’ |
11 | Perhaps you are a lonely person , and find that nature 's uncritical acceptance of you fills a gap in your own life . |
12 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
13 | O K so she 's a doting mother , is that right ? what want . |
14 | So she was a whole year out . |
15 | So you 're the right person to ask the |
16 | So you 're the big boss are you ? |
17 | ‘ Basically we are an experienced team , but the youngsters are going to play a crucial role in trying to keep us up there . ’ |
18 | We also do a bit of assembly work — small engines and steering assemblies , I 'm trying to build it up — but basically we 're a general engineering firm , supplying components to the motor industry mostly . |
19 | So we are a mixed community of four Sisters from three orders . |
20 | But , but when you look at it we 're second from bottom so we are a bad team at this present time . |
21 | So we are the only Committee who are saving the , that 's taking our budget globally as , I think , I think it 's four point eight percent , if you want to be pedantic about it , but we are planning and that 's the only ones , if you take that mode of view , and if we took , if we took training out |
22 | Together we are a great nation . |
23 | Spread over sixteen pages ( I , 56–71 ) these remarks function as part of a story , but as soon as they are put together it is a dull mind which does not reflect , ‘ Power corrupts , and absolute power corrupts absolutely ’ . |
24 | Although this trio again blended well together it was the tremendous ability of McClure which sealed the ticket to Ayr . |
25 | Suddenly it was a new picture of Ted Mosse being presented . |
26 | Through the creative agency of his Word and his Spirit God is the author and giver of faith ; naturally he is the prime resolver of doubt . |
27 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
28 | The funeral cars and hearse have blue flashing lights on the roof , very similar to a policecar , when I enquired as to the reason for this , apparently it 's the only way they can get around the island for the traffic and the laid-back attitude of the locals . |
29 | It 's worth reminding readers who are parents of this with the start of the school holidays next month — apparently it 's the prime time for solvent abuse . |
30 | Apparently it was a joint effort with his father , Sir Charles Barry , who as an employee of the Government on the Houses of Parliament was officially debarred from entering the competition . |