Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] a " in BNC.

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1 Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow .
2 By calling God infinite , we are denying Him a characteristic of objects in the world .
3 Having set the Duchy on the road to providing an income for the Prince of Wales , the next task had been to find him a house and , of all those short-listed in the summer of 1980 , Charles chose Highgrove .
4 In India too people are convinced that the Western nations are seeing test-tube fusion and are keeping it a secret because they have realised that not only does test-tube fusion have great commercial potential , but could revolutionise military strategy .
5 he s won us a 2 championships and a 4th place in 4 years .
6 I am writing you a joint letter this time , as I forget who I sent my last card to .
7 My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’
8 OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little !
9 ‘ I am causing you a deal of trouble one way and another . ’
10 He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that .
11 They 're getting me a hose for Christmas .
12 You know you 're getting me a name for myself and there might be somebody listening you never know .
13 The great thing about the game is that you 're teaching them a little bit of culture
14 By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’
15 The could be if you pop yourself there , he sits there and she sits there , you 're asking him a question , he 's not sure , he looks at her , so if you look you ca n't see what you 're doing , you want to be able to maintain eye contact with them both , yeah , one of the effective ways , well they 're going to be aware of the layout of the living room , this is their , this is their stage .
16 Oh well now you 're asking me a tricky one .
17 You 're asking me a question ?
18 we could actually make you a bit bit A lot better than this , and I think the time has come to adjust how we 're treating you a little bit .
19 You 're doing me a favour . ’
20 The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much .
21 ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’
22 ‘ We 're doing them a favour because legislation will catch up with them in the end .
23 We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour .
24 We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour .
25 Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’
26 The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven .
27 I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim .
28 They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour .
29 ‘ We 're giving her a chance , ’ said Luke curtly .
30 Yeah , no they 're not , they 're giving her a lump sum
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