Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah but I mean yours is a big school now is n't it ?
2 I mean I am a mere officer who advises the Council , Bill , as you know .
3 I 'm with you yeah , see Sam 's got some learning , when he comes to spellings to me , again I would , I would print yeah , he only scrawled that down last night , he says I 've got some spellings on sports mum , I said do you know any of 'em ? , he said no , I said when 's you test ? , he says Friday , well I got ta book on all sports and then I read it because sports and you think hockey 's one of them , oh yeah , racket , which is spelt wrong I 've had to , I think it 's got a U in , but again I mean sometimes , I mean I 'm a good speller , I do n't know about you , but I look at them sometimes and I have to go and get the dictionary have to check em
4 What d' ya think they but I mean , well , I mean I 'm a little bit out of touch on that sort of
5 Old Kaspar replies : ’ Why that I can not tell , ' said he , But' t was a famous victory . ' ’
6 I realise I am an obsessive sort of person and I realise I may never totally overcome my transsexual feelings .
7 I treat it as a compliment that people say I 'm a marked man now , though I doubt it 's true . ’
8 ‘ Some say I 'm a dour type of person , and maybe I am at times , but nothing means more to me than winning .
9 Others say I was a good judge by staying home .
10 When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night .
11 The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one
12 This method represents the following dose , 8 tablespoons = ( 160ml ) = ⅛ granule/tablespoon ( 20ml ) diluted x 10 = per 20ml so a 5ml dose = granule which is the weakest dose Hahnemann recommends but takes the patient only 8–10 days to finish and be ready for the next potency up .
13 But , as I say she 's a modern outlook is a difference from the Queen , I think Queen Elizabeth
14 People say she 's a good swimmer but she 's big
15 ‘ That girl you saw … you say she 's a social worker ? ’ said Iris , brandishing a tablespoon .
16 ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’
17 He say she was a fantasic person , with time for everyone .
18 And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man !
19 So , for instance , if you have an argument with the police er on a matter , you might very well have to say to the police , I think officer you were take that and say you 're a lying bastard .
20 ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’
21 He say you are a useless waste of space .
22 ‘ They say you are a known homosexual ; we believe it , ’ added a third .
23 They all say you are the best houngan in Haiti .
24 Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company .
25 It is a sport , at least in my view , although I acknowledge there is a great deal of hard work involved both on the actual occasion and in the preparation .
26 The couple caring for the baby in their Middlesbrough home realise there is a long way to go .
27 Although Mark 's expert navigation round the lesser-known hedegrows of Hampshire got us out of the bumper-to-bumper mess , I almost regretted leaving cos I expect there was a huge party somewhere on the middle of the M3 ( ‘ let's all have a disco ’ , etc . )
28 FREE OVEN & HOB Right now with every kitchen we fit there 's a free oven and hob .
29 Others say there is no political will for real land reform , since the leadership 's aim is to keep the previous system intact and in working order , not to break it up .
30 The staff say there is no formal structure for negotiating pay .
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