Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | When people are ringing about their relatives in the Gulf , er they just want to know what is the latest , are they coming out , this kind of thing . |
2 | But I 'm getting ahead of myself , when all I really want to teach you is the full history of such a product . |
3 | He admitted : ‘ Seve and I are different personalities but we do have one thing in common — we want to prove we are the best . |
4 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
5 | Try to decide what are the essential aspects to be covered in the time available . |
6 | We do n't know about such aspects of their lives , but we do know what was the main pursuit of their generous leisure hours . |
7 | Erm I shall pass no comment on those , but I do know whose was the lowest bid . |
8 | I do know she was the subtlest of nags . |
9 | ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’ |
10 | The most powerful ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ are those taken for the learning of shamanic powers , and in the Piaroa theory of knowledge , men who do undergo them are the best hunters in Piaroaland , even if they rarely hunt ( Overing 1988 ) . |
11 | Erm , but I do believe who is the best person for the job . |
12 | Peter Black , whose Daily Mail colleague Shaun Usher had voiced reservations , wrote , ‘ Raymond Allen 's Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is the best visual comedy I 've ever seen on TV . |
13 | Erm , there is a very small chance that he 's going to say , all the time that I was on , on top of Everest , er , I was thinking about you , because I 've heard you 're the best thing since sliced wholemeal bread , I have three thousand people that I want to put through a programme in the next six weeks . |
14 | ‘ I 've said it 's the wrong time of the year for that . |
15 | We 've researched who are the right people to fix Marshalls , to fix Voxes and to fix Stratocasters . |
16 | A ride with the soldiers who 've shown they 're the best badger bunker builders in Britain . |
17 | They 've discovered we 're the oldest family in the whole county , going back a long way ! |
18 | Now what was the first property metals that you have listed What 's the first property in metals that you came to ? |
19 | Having identified who has joined the church in the past year we need to know what were the main influences which caused them to make their decision . |
20 | ‘ You have to remember they are the current league champions and had been training three nights a week . |
21 | Everything I have told you is the absolute truth . |
22 | We have to assume it 's the same as the nearest observation , so erm it can be misleading just to take the surface observation , surface instrumentation readings , erm but erm we have to be able to interpolate , and this is the experience of the forecaster comes in , to say what is in the gaps . |
23 | If the doctors consider that the patient had the capacity to decide and has exercised his right to do so , they still have to consider what was the true scope and basis of that decision . |
24 | Andrew relishes the challenge : ‘ You have to believe you are the best in your role in the country and I know Stuart shares that view . |
25 | ‘ I ca n't believe what 's happened today , but I have to say it was the best 45 minutes I 've had since coming back , ’ he smiled . |
26 | But first we need to ask what are the major characteristics of the European labour market ? |
27 | ‘ Well , ’ he drawled , ‘ you have to admit it 's the perfect camouflage for someone who 's not mature enough to handle the commitment of a long-term relationship . ’ |
28 | ‘ With something like this you have to feel it 's the right moment for you to talk about it . |