Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They must think I 'm on the way out . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 3 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 4 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 5 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
| 6 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ how do you know you 're on the side |
| 8 | ‘ Take your hat off , you silly bugger , ’ he yelled across the pews , ‘ do n't you know you 're in the 'ouse of God ? ’ |
| 9 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't know you were in the hotel ’ |
| 11 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 12 | ‘ They 'll know we 're in the forest . ’ |
| 13 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 14 | Apart from the odd person coming in who might be dampening down a collar of their leisurewear , looking a touch harassed , you 'd never know we were in the eye of a storm . |
| 15 | ‘ They must know they 're in the frame otherwise why the decoy ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We do not definitely know they were on the flight but it is very unlikely they were not , ’ said Mr Beswick . |
| 17 | How did you know they were in the street , did they have a call ? |
| 18 | how do you know it 's thingy ? , how do you know it 's for the kids in Norway ? |
| 19 | Did n't you know he was in the prison service ? |
| 20 | The precaution probably was n't necessary , but on the off-chance that more thugs from INCUBUS came sniffing round , they would n't know he was in the area . |
| 21 | One of the gruesome factors about this particular stitch in the Arran is that every family had its own pattern and the reason for that was often the menfolk were lost at sea and the only way they could identify them was through the pattern . |
| 22 | When I was at school and I got a row , my mother and father would assume I was in the wrong . |
| 23 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
| 24 | ‘ If you do n't feel you 're in the event , you keep taking gambles . |
| 25 | The latter may simply reply that he does not feel it is in the public 's interest , or that the Police Authority does not strictly require it to effectively carry out its duties . |
| 26 | I says , I do n't think you 're for the beer beer . |
| 27 | So you do n't want you 're in the morning ? |
| 28 | About the only place you could see them was on the scrap heap . |
| 29 | ‘ And you do n't believe I 'm after the Marc Alexander Vila millions any longer , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | Ca n't you see I 'm on the level ? |