Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 2 | I know those pictures there are just showing you the result of something but you know when we discuss erm er a p er a situation it 's not a theoretical situation , it 's something which happened , something that does happen . |
| 3 | In other words er pictures of er springs emerging from er Pennine moorland er backdrops etcetera etcetera they 're just to give you the backdrop . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ Oh for Chris'sakes , shut up I know you 're trying to be nice to me and help me , but please do n't because you 're just giving me a headache . ’ |
| 5 | so they 're like sending me a list , well they sent me back a half list |
| 6 | I 'm just giving you a chance to tell us , that 's all . |
| 7 | I 'm just giving you a spread sheet and this blank page and |
| 8 | Obviously , I 'm just giving you the down-side , if you 're going to be there in your office , and you know you 're going to be there , you 're not going to dash off , or if you are , you can hear your phone ringing , erm it 's very , very handy , and in fact it 's smoother , because the person phoning in gets to speak to the person they want to speak to , not half a day , half a week later , alright ? |
| 9 | Er , words and phrases , erm , not an asset , I 'm just wondering what the title below that , that one , er , inflexible , flexible , |
| 10 | He may well moderate his stance under the burden of office , but many people of Merseyside with roots and relatives across the Irish Sea will be anxiously watching his every move on this front . |
| 11 | ‘ Other lads given a trial at 19 by a big club like Monaco might think they 've cracked it — but Lambert knows we are simply giving him a glimpse of what he should be aiming for . |
| 12 | It can be related to Sinclair 's observation that examples of English are sometimes given which the analysis of actual data reveals do not in fact occur ( see page 76 ) . |
| 13 | The words were merely describing what the book was about . |
| 14 | The Wall Street Journal has called their bluff and finds that 12 of the 31 analysts that track IBM had buy recommendations on the stock on September 1 — and even after details of all the new cuts came out , only three had an outright sell recommendation on the stock , and last Tuesday morning , some were still rating it a buy . |
| 15 | It was with tears of joy in his eyes , that Felix went forward to meet the torchbearers , who by their chants were evidently proclaiming him the hero of the hour . |
| 16 | ‘ As is whether you were actually telling me the truth , or lying . |
| 17 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 18 | Shylock says himself that it is not only a Jewish teaching , it is also a Christian 's way of thought , and he is only doing what a Christian would do : ( Act 3 , Scene 1 , lines 54–55 ) |
| 19 | If he 's her lawyer , perhaps she 's already given him the photograph . |
| 20 | But God 's already given you the faith , so do n't worry ! |
| 21 | ‘ He 's already told me the story and I 've read Claudia 's account . ’ |
| 22 | He I 'm suppo he says to email him , contact him at the start of week zero , because he 's goin he he 's trying to remember of his own accord , but er ju this is just to give him a kick along in case he 's forgotten |
| 23 | This is just to give you the order and the distance . |
| 24 | However , he is just offering us a knockabout contribution , and I do not believe that that will get the debate any further . |
| 25 | Just say , you know it 's just bothering me a bit about these long hours , do I get any |
| 26 | So you you 're looking at It 's not a question of erm doing much calculating or anything else , it 's just seeing what the problem is , is n't it ? |
| 27 | she 's just giving , she 's just give me an adult education centre there at Spinny Hill , Northampton and she said they put everything in perspective for you so that you know where you 've got to start , what is available to you and then she said if you go down the job centre and ask them if E T , education , employment training |
| 28 | ‘ He said : ‘ Man , nobody 's ever given me a fight like that . |
| 29 | Nobody 's ever offered me a bribe . |
| 30 | ‘ Hell , no one 's ever offered me a career before . ’ |