Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the chief finance officer of a local authority has a duty to report to councillors and auditors if he or she believes there is the possibility of the authority incurring unlawful expenditure ( Local Government Finance Act 1988 : clause 14 ) . |
| 2 | And everyone reckoned it was the album that Talk Talk had always wanted to make . |
| 3 | My father always considered that you were as good as old Granpa Charlie and everyone knows he was the best . ’ |
| 4 | but the Principal of the Technical Institute at Lowestoft was quite a character , a Mrs , a Miss G C and I remember it was the day after the erm , the bombing and the building was pretty well devastated and er Miss rung up and said , she 'd got an idea she said erm how about hiring a bus , a double-decker bus , I could have my classes in the bus and erm |
| 5 | and I mean what 's the link between Hitler and communism ? |
| 6 | And I know they 're the same . |
| 7 | ‘ When he is standing in front of me and I know he is the person who has taken my daughter away — that is when it will be hard . |
| 8 | But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’ |
| 9 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 10 | I made my escape you would say , and I know it was the coward 's way out , because I have to confess that I thoroughly enjoyed the proceeds . |
| 11 | We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’ |
| 12 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
| 13 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 14 | It always used to go out of tune and I thought it was the tuners , but in fact the trouble was with that old Gibson vibrola — a terrible thing , really cheap . |
| 15 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 16 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |
| 17 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 18 | ‘ And I thought he was the one who killed her , too , ’ said William , ‘ when they finally told me . ’ |
| 19 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 20 | ‘ The path between the car park and the sports centre is quite dark and I imagine it 's the sort of place someone could lie in wait . ’ |
| 21 | And I said what 's the matter Rhys ? |
| 22 | I come back to Stuart and I said it is the second of November is n't it ? |
| 23 | And I cal , I called Alec yesterday morning like and asked , you know I said to him there 's only one and I said it 's the last one down there like . |
| 24 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 25 | I could see , and I knew what was the appropriate emotional response to , say , a beautiful day , but I could n't feel it . |
| 26 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 27 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 28 | I am extremely playful in that sense and I believe it 's the only form of fun possible in a world which is n't always much fun . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ It 's the best legal advice I can give and I believe it is the right advice . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And I believe he is the man who can win it for us at Elland Road . |