Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] be [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years , I fear I am not a proper countryman ; London has dished me . |
| 2 | Maybe I was too young because I fear I was not an assiduous student . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean I 'm not a desperate killer after all ? ’ |
| 4 | As you know I mean I 'm only a working man |
| 5 | ‘ I expect they 're normally a great deal younger ! ’ |
| 6 | But the testers from the Driving Standards Association say they are only a limited number of roads in Henley suitable for three point turns , and there 's nothing they can do to stop instructors give their pupils a pre-test rehearsal . |
| 7 | But I think it would spoil everything for you , when you realise he 's just a boring , pushy young fellow with an ego the size of the bullring . ’ |
| 8 | Opponents say it is primarily a military road . |
| 9 | Some say it is just the Asian way . |
| 10 | It 's what they say it 's just the whole business of looking at lectures for the British National Corpus . |
| 11 | And again as I say it 's rather a nice erm picture which erm er was given to me some time ago . |
| 12 | They say it 's not an ideal situation . |
| 13 | And and people say it 's sometimes the only er money tha that a mother wo gets that she can call her own and and use in the way that she wants to . |
| 14 | Many consumers are against it : about three out of ten say it 's never a good thing , and most others see it as an occasional necessity rather than as having positive advantages ( see Appendix I , Main survey ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , I realise it 's principally an obstetric issue at this stage , ’ Tom was saying , ‘ but from the point of view of her diabetes the advantages are all on the side of delivering now . |
| 16 | Shame it was n't the top floor . ’ |
| 17 | But I hope I 'm not a typical colonel 's lady ! |
| 18 | And I imagine she 's not a forgiving woman at the best of times . |
| 19 | Well I hope it 's not a blue tummy . |
| 20 | Hope it 's not a new one . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope it 's not a military convoy after us , ’ said Mick . |
| 22 | I hope it is n't a mortal sin , for your sake . ’ |
| 23 | On having ideals , like as you grow older , I mean you 're quite an ancient person already , within the next ten years you 'll have to choose the sort of lifestyle you want and you really have to choose as well whether you 're going to involve other people in it for good or for |
| 24 | I mean she 's only a little doll is n't she . |
| 25 | Look it 's just a wee light . |
| 26 | He 's , well not necessarily made his mind but you can suggest that he might , may have done and also it seems that Alfiera is slightly half hearted in the way he erm like tries to convince Eddie cos it seems that i it , I get the feeling that Alfiera already knows and just thinking well there 's no point in getting really het up about it , so he , he tries , he says look it 's not a good idea but in the end |
| 27 | Look it 's not the cheap that you 're looking for . |
| 28 | Now Will brought down an old van er which was scrap it was quite a good body I mean and he painted on it , We 're still open , er something like , Despite Transport and General Workers ' Union picketing we are fully open , and he plonked this van with no wheels on it just the body right th in the entrance of th on his own ground naturally er right in front of the pickets which was like you know tantalizing . |
| 29 | No I jest it 's not a good idea . |
| 30 | ‘ I have , ’ he answered slowly , ‘ but remember I am only a poor country vicar , and ca n't offer you a job with a high salary , so you may not wish to accept it . |