Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [det] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I think , so erm er I , I think really it 's that as the movement gathers pace and landlords , or small landlords and other people who have prospered under the old scheme , try and gain admission they are blocked |
| 2 | ‘ It 's that or the torpedoes . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's less than a hour 's drive . |
| 4 | Well here 's the specification , length , Escort four two six eight so it 's about two point three , sorry two hundred and thirty millimetres longer , so it 's less than a foot |
| 5 | But er it 's less than a fortnight now . |
| 6 | No , cos they 're fluorescent , it 's only about twelve watts , it 's less than a light bulb . |
| 7 | Wo wo , it 's less than the price of a cup of tea . |
| 8 | It 's less than the benefit you 'd receive if you were an invalid or an old-age pensioner and you 'd get more if you were a widow or a student . |
| 9 | My main concern is how much of the network would become ‘ prohibited ’ ; if it 's more than a fraction , I would prefer the present undefined arrangements . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's more than a guard ’ said a spokesman . |
| 11 | It 's more than a month since they conjured up a victory . |
| 12 | And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's more than a miracle . |
| 14 | Yes , O K then , right , because it 's more than a week away , I 'll give you a bell close to the time , just to make sure you , everything 's alright . |
| 15 | If you 've never been to an ice hockey game , it 's more than a game — it 's a night out . |
| 16 | My palace if I were a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 17 | a king it 's more than a palace it 's my everything . |
| 18 | They 're the only times really and as with the I B M the I B M people 's the company I B M said if it 's more than a page is it really worth sending it out . |
| 19 | if you , because it 's more than the Headway can do |
| 20 | It 's more than the lands . |
| 21 | Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon . |
| 22 | business you see that , er anyway , erm no , I think it 's more that the Home Office want to be satisfied that you 're the sort of person who will make a good probation officer . |
| 23 | Well there 's one down er , Waka drive , and erm , and once we were driving up and I thought ooh it 's another and a King Charles . |
| 24 | They are because a th the in the good feature about it is that and the Vax , that does n't bloody fall over . |
| 25 | THE LAST TIME I WAS IN Baghdad I was sitting in the bar of the famous , and famously dreadful , Al Rashed ( ‘ It is more than a hotel , ’ say the advertisements , though they do n't tell you in what way ) , drinking with a senior government official . |
| 26 | To the people of England , it is more than a question of who administers local government : the lines on the map , the cricket teams , the Lords Lieutenants and signposts are important . |
| 27 | A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’ |
| 28 | But the programme 's producer , Peter Kinkead , says it is more than a gimmick — despite the fact that there are only about 5500 Prestel sets in TVs 's catchment area . |
| 29 | It is more than a coincidence that he is an excellent speech speechreader , a stimulating , well-informed person , recognized by his colleagues as a man of integrity whose opinions are respected . |
| 30 | It is more than a year since the red and white surveyors ' poles glinted above the reeds , blazing a trail for the draglines that were soon to follow . |