Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly what I 'd like , want both groups to do is to think how you would describe that person 's performance in an informal situation when you 're down the met , down the pub with your mates , or you 're in the room , speaking to that person . |
| 2 | The leader or high priest(ess) is chosen for the quality of psychic power exhibited , and how open he or she is to the life-force . |
| 3 | ‘ And how do you check that the guest will be able to talk once he or she is on the show ? |
| 4 | Do you stay with the baby at all times when he or she is in the bath ? |
| 5 | So unaccustomed may he or she be to the affection that you offer . |
| 6 | They 're either in the , in the erm , little cupboard in the downstairs loo or they 're in the bathroom . |
| 7 | The long hot days of summer are with us again — or they were at the time of writing , and long may they continue . |
| 8 | yeah , I think it 's either in my briefcase , or it 's in the car , but it 's probably in the briefcase , I 'll go and have a look |
| 9 | Either the contract is between the person acquiring a copy of the system ( the " acquirer " ) and the dealer or it is between the acquirer and the software company in which case the dealer acts as the company 's agent . |
| 10 | Or it was for the production crew working on the new children 's series The Borrowers . |
| 11 | The senior nurse on each ward or in each community unit is the lynch pin in developing managerial awareness in registered nurses , as she or he is in the development of any activity within the ward setting . |
| 12 | The wallpaper in the house is black from condensation and I am at the end of my tether . ’ |
| 13 | and I am in the middle of it |
| 14 | Sad and profound chants are intoned in the wind and I am in the presence of a numberless and devout congregation . |
| 15 | I think I have narrowed down the possible causes to be either hogweed or nettles and I am in the process of removing these . |
| 16 | ‘ The horse is new to me and I am in the process of sweetening him up , ’ Richards said , ‘ so it is impossible to rate him with my other winners . |
| 17 | I am very involved in the People 's Committees , and I am in the forefront of the struggle of my people . |
| 18 | Godwin illustrates on a small scale the proximity of cesspool and pump ( Fig. 34a ) which an investigator in the town of Stafford in 1866 found to be a more general rule : ‘ The water supply of the whole town is obtained from wells , many of them in close proximity to receptacles of filth ; and I am in the habit of saying , partly in joke , but principally in earnest , that the persons living at No. 6 drink the water that is made at No. 7 . |
| 19 | It will also answer your two questions — why Van Gelder and I are on the wagon and why the six survivors have been — well , locked up out of harm 's way . |
| 20 | A great deal has been written of the Pilgrims Road and its travellers and its river crossings and I 'm of the opinion that more Pilgrims to Canterbury follow this route now than followed it in Mediaeval times ( howls of protest ) . |
| 21 | And I 'm on the Pill , so you need n't worry about that . ’ |
| 22 | And I 'm on the racetrack ! |
| 23 | And I like erm around in shorts every day , and I 'm on the swimming pool side three times a week , so I do n't have much choice . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been second five times in the last three years and I 'm over the moon to have got home first at last . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll crash in the back of the van for a couple of hours before hitting the road , I 'm too easy a target for the cops in that thing and I 'm over the limit . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Sorry to ring you at school , but I wanted to get hold of you and I 'm in the theatre in the evenings . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then I 'm sinking through the bed , and I 'm in the sea , and Dad 's with me , and there 's all sorts of people … teeth like sharks , everyone 's tearing everyone else 's eyes out … falling all over the place , putting all the eyes in a pot for their tea … ’ |
| 28 | And I 'm in the back in my little corner and my beloved wife Sandra walked in on what was , unbeknownst to her , this maniac , writing furious and tired . |
| 29 | And I 'm in the final there . |
| 30 | ‘ One of my ladies would like to go to bingo and I 'm in the process of trying to get a member of staff free , so she can go . |