Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had been to see him the previous day , and arranged that he come and teach me Dutch . |
| 2 | I happen to have half a dozen , and there is one , just one , that I am allowing you the privilege of riding , because I think you are capable of coping with it . |
| 3 | Medusa raised her arms : ‘ We are , ’ she said , spelling out the words slowly : ‘ We are bringing you the real magic , this time . ’ |
| 4 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 5 | ‘ You are serving us the fermented grapes from Noah 's vines ? ’ |
| 6 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
| 7 | Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way |
| 8 | Now , they 're calling him the heir to Britain 's tennis crown . |
| 9 | Incidentally — ’ he patted me on the knee' — we 're calling it the Infenestration of Leytonstone back at the Shop . |
| 10 | We 're hoping and I 'm crossing my fingers here , that we 'll get in excess of five thousand people there and the interesting thing is we 've got a commercial exhibition at it , to give it a flavour of Scotland where people will show all the good things made in Scotland and we 're calling it the taste and touch of Scotland and hopefully that will offset the cost of all the other , other er stalls and things that we 're holding . |
| 11 | They 're calling it the curse of the L-plate . |
| 12 | She phoned her careers office today , they 're sending her the information free , you 're thinking . |
| 13 | And then we we 're sending them the net list and saying there 's your new le er price |
| 14 | Still , as you have managed to describe the bodily state of 90 per cent of the Punch staff we 're sending you the Jim Beam |
| 15 | exams time , date , I think we 're having it the earliest of the lot , for some stupid reason because Mel does n't appear to be having them till late either . |
| 16 | and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it . |
| 17 | I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see . |
| 18 | Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying |
| 19 | No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
| 21 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 22 | But even now , I still believe that if you trust someone you 're giving them the chance to prove that they are trustworthy . |
| 23 | Erm we 're giving them the appropriate and suitable skills to be able to do their job . |
| 24 | You 're giving them the perfect opportunity to cut in again . ’ |
| 25 | And your answers should be couched in the terms that you would answer somebody in the pub , in that you 're giving them the information , you 're giving it to them in a clean way . |
| 26 | you this turtle as an incentive cos you 're giving him the turtle anyway but he wo n't know that unless his mum 's told him . |
| 27 | What 's the doubt that you 're giving him the benefit of ? |
| 28 | ‘ They 're giving us the extra points ! |
| 29 | Now we 're giving you the chance to experience the thrills and spills of life as a Windsor with our royal snakes and ladders game . |
| 30 | TODAY we 're giving you the chance to sample the carefree life of a pools winner — in the fabulous West Indies . |