Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had been to see him the previous day , and arranged that he come and teach me Dutch . |
| 2 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
| 3 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 4 | I am writing you a joint letter this time , as I forget who I sent my last card to . |
| 5 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 6 | Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way |
| 7 | The great thing about the game is that you 're teaching them a little bit of culture |
| 8 | And then we we 're sending them the net list and saying there 's your new le er price |
| 9 | we could actually make you a bit bit A lot better than this , and I think the time has come to adjust how we 're treating you a little bit . |
| 10 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 11 | A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves . |
| 12 | Erm we 're doing something a little bit more sophisticated . |
| 13 | Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying |
| 15 | I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see . |
| 16 | er we do n't have to po er , you see , it 's to do with school anyway , but they 're giving them a packed lunch so I believe . |
| 17 | This takes place in late November and on two separate evenings we fill our largest lecture theatre with local school children from both sides of the county , sometimes a little bit further afield , and that means that we 're giving them an illustrated lecture by one of our more distinguished colleagues , and we entertain and inform , I think , something like eight hundred school children every year in that alone . |
| 18 | You 're giving them the perfect opportunity to cut in again . ’ |
| 19 | You 're giving him a tough time , it 's not fair to make it tougher . |
| 20 | The gauntlet was down , the opportunity to talk to arrange a forum , to come together , land owners , local authorities , the hunt 's people , er the interested parties , to come together and look for a decent way of hunting and that way is probably drag hunting and we 're giving you a golden opportunity to start that route . |
| 21 | er to make sure that we 're giving you the right platform to earn money to keep all of your er aspects going . |
| 22 | But the girls really want it and we 're making it an all-girl event . |
| 23 | ‘ Mister , you 're givin' me a hard time , you are , and just when I 'm thinking I 've met a real gent for a change . |
| 24 | We 're setting you the following task . |
| 25 | I 've been paying him a little visit . ’ |
| 26 | Have you been told what the cheapest term assurances are in order ? |
| 27 | they pay , they pay , they are paying me a little bit , I think it ought to go up in price a bit though myself |
| 28 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . " |
| 30 | Dear Miss Mitchell , On the instructions of my client , Mr Marius Steen , I am sending you the enclosed letter . |