Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we go back to the private 's utterance ‘ I 've been scrubbing them all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner ’ , we can relate it to these three layers as follows : |
| 2 | he had , he had a definite attitude problem so they said they would relieve him of his contract oh that 's fair enough , they 're paying you good money and they expect you to work hard and that 's it but we finish at one o'clock next term |
| 3 | I keep saying to him , look Colin , I said , I know a couple of times a week 's enough for me , but that 's worth waiting for , but when you 're doing it three times and then get sick of it . |
| 4 | I wo n't be seeing you next time and I need it for break . |
| 5 | Your career could be causing you some concern and as changes in your home life are likely too , you may wonder when you 're going to feel settled again ! |
| 6 | He went back to the cage and concentrated on Bobo , because she seemed to be giving him more attention and was sitting close up to the bars . |
| 7 | Oh it would n't be me cos I 'm , I 'm doing it this year and I only thought of it too late |
| 8 | We 'll be discussing it this afternoon and Labour members told us and no doubt they 'll tell us again that the users of the centre have a democratic right to be consulted about how it was run Do n't tenant farmers have the right to be consulted ? |
| 9 | People are showing me great compassion and I appreciate it … but it is too awful to talk about . |
| 10 | ‘ The tackle from behind has been stopped here for a long time , but they were doing it all night and getting away with it . |
| 11 | An addict only stops when he personally comes to the conclusion that his addiction is bringing him more trouble and suffering than pleasure . |
| 12 | All they do is give you some ointment and tell you it 'll drop out in its own good time . |
| 13 | She 's give us twenty tapes and I 'm only tape five and she 's coming for 'em tomorrow . |
| 14 | No way , unless you 're getting in , if you , if dad 's getting you some clothes and then , |
| 15 | I went down there one day and I says where is he ? got him she 's giving him some cake and milk . |
| 16 | And Sutapa Biswas ' The Pied Piper of Hamlyn , Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is reminds us that tourism and the tourist gaze perpetuate unhealthy values . |
| 17 | She was bringing them some papers and some photographs in a big brown envelope . |
| 18 | To bring false charges against one 's enemy , backed up by witnesses , was to cause him great inconvenience and expense . |
| 19 | I was feeding him some biscuits and then went to kick a ball . |
| 20 | A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ The current was drifting them one way and the wind was blowing the boat the other . ’ |
| 21 | It was buying her some time and some space , nothing more . |