Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Red Hand may think he is the only sane man around here . ’ |
| 2 | I should think it 's the best way , I ca n't think of anything else . |
| 3 | ‘ I should think he was the only creature for whom Lavinia truly cared . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ On the race track everyone must believe he is the fastest . |
| 5 | I should imagine it 's the shiny one but I do n't . |
| 6 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |
| 7 | I mean the the stuff 's due to come in on Friday , he reckons it 'll get it 's the fourth on Friday is n't it ? |
| 8 | Erm but I 'm hoping they 'll put them on a , on the table when we sell them in here and there 's that 's the first thing that 'll hit them is the turned legs you see ? |
| 9 | ‘ You 're going to be angry with me and then we 'll agree it was the only way to strike against any possible opposition . |
| 10 | I suppose you might say it 's the real thing . ’ |
| 11 | From the behaviour of the Crown Prosecution Service and Scotland Yard when we presented them with our damning evidence , you 'd think WE were the guilty party . |
| 12 | Jesus Christ , you 'd think you were the bloody Queen ! ’ a voice resounded from the kitchen . |
| 13 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 14 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 15 | I did n't know who the guy riding it was , but through my police issue 200 × 6000 macroscopic laser-prism binoculars I could see he was the same guy who had just bopped the doorman in the head . |
| 16 | My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy . |
| 17 | She could see it was the wrong thing to say and his black brows rose coldly . |
| 18 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 19 | Maud and Enid could tell it was the same one because its feet had not yet reappeared . |
| 20 | I do n't know how you could say it was the best . |
| 21 | She used to say it was the best thing in the house . |
| 22 | Absolutely , I would think they 're the three heroes erm Les Phillips in midfield was back to the Les Phillips we knew when he first came to Oxford from Birmingham when we were in the first division . |
| 23 | He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing — until he burst out laughing . |
| 24 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 25 | In the corner of the picture was a holdall , a scientist would say it was the same as that used to weigh down Chalky White 's body when it was found in the lake near Cirencester . |
| 26 | Put your money on he 's one of the top in fact I would say he 's the hardest bloke in Shields him . |
| 27 | However , it does highlight a major problem that we have so far not considered — some would argue it is the major reason why interagency cooperation is so difficult — and that is lack of resources . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyone who uses the East-Coast mainline will recognise it is the biggest investment since the steam age . ’ |
| 29 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’ |