Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ ) |
| 2 | It 's 8:15 on Friday morning , and I am writing this letter in Chambers ' car park . |
| 3 | The only problem is — Francisco and I are buying this villa from Mum and Dad . |
| 4 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |
| 5 | and I 'm using this stuff cos it 's better . |
| 6 | You 'll have a chance to come back on whether we have got the wrong impression on that , I mean I recall Mr Heselton 's quite clearly , but let me pursue that at a stage further if if we take that as our impression of what you have said collectively , and you are asked to make provision for nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , again collectively in the Greater York area , and I 'm addressing this question to the districts , what provision would you make in your districts of your district figure in the Greater York area ? |
| 7 | Not now , no , we 're having dinner and I 'm doing this bingo for a minute look bring your |
| 8 | And I was asked this week if it is possible to make up your own , rather than buy one of these metal affairs on wheels . |
| 9 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
| 10 | You can read English and you are reading this book , but it is not true that if you can read English you are reading this book . |
| 11 | You 'll see them talking to somebody else somewhere else and you 're serving this person . |
| 12 | And you were allocated this house in The Chantry ? |
| 13 | She 's going around calling me a murderer and she 's invited this Cobalt in to turn over the place looking for drugs . ’ |
| 14 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 15 | I 'm just going to wipe out everyone who stands between me and whoever 's running this place . |
| 16 | Are they , are they have they , are they stupid , have they gone totally mad and they 're obstructing this thing for ever and ever and ever just for the sake of obstructing and you have t to listen to what they say on on this , the argument that we 're having here and have had here and the argument that we 've had about old people 's homes , they 've been two running sores in this authority and hopefully today in both of them we 'll be making progress and I think I 'd like to . |
| 17 | And the other one , I wonder if the Council would consider , over sixties club , I ought to declare an interest I suppose , erm have two hundred members and they are distributing this Christmas , as they al always do , a three pound voucher to each of those members in office you know and I just wondered whether the Council would consider a small contribution towards that expenditure . |
| 18 | And the story goes , to cut it quite short , two workmen were in this person 's house laying carpet tiles in the lounge and they were using this substance that was heavier than air and it was also highly flammable . |
| 19 | And they were buying this house and it was worth something like I do n't know , they were , they 'd got a twenty five grand mortgage . |
| 20 | And they were interviewing this feller , he said , oh we went for a day out he said and I 'd just bought this car and I was really made up with it he said |
| 21 | on the telly the other night and they were showing this fellow scragging the kids in the kitchen , god and I thought oh , because they were all watching it , you know , oh they might ring them |
| 22 | ‘ But he is the defending champion and he proved he can play on grass and he is playing this week on grass in Halle . ’ |
| 23 | Maamur showed , when winning a maiden race at Southwell last month by 10 lengths , that he has the potential to develop into a useful stayer and he is napped this afternoon . |
| 24 | hairdryer to dry it out right and he 's drying this switch out with the hairdryer and all and everything turned the switch on and about five hundred volts were on shock so they had to call |
| 25 | He had a new Coroma two litre and he 's towing this bloke on motorway at hundred mile an hour ! |
| 26 | Right this gentleman here is Tony and he 's recording this lesson |
| 27 | And he 's playing this match . |
| 28 | The boat was gone completely , and he was tossed this way and that in the water . |
| 29 | Many others , however , ( and it 's believed this group included Orkney Islands Council ) would have liked to see the family leave South Ronaldsay altogether . |
| 30 | LOS ANGELES ' hottest T-shirt , and it 's heading this way : ‘ I survived the 100 per cent off sale at Fedco ’ |