Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RIBA is still supporting the schooling of six black South African students , three of whom are new while the others are carrying on from last year . |
| 2 | And although it will grea , greatly help some women , unfortunately some women are unable to tolerate it , the side effects it gi , it gives them are worse than the actually symptoms they 're having in the first place . |
| 3 | I am upset because the big man gets his money first . |
| 4 | I am sure if The Box is just something you stick the kids down to watch while you get on with something else , harm can be done . |
| 5 | I am confident once the uncertainty is resolved the problems will die down . ’ |
| 6 | I am sorry if the Prime Minister takes it seriously that I oppose Maastricht . |
| 7 | I am sorry if the hon. Gentleman does not think that there is a vast amount of economic development going on in Lanarkshire as a result of Government initiatives . |
| 8 | I am sorry if the Minister finds it difficult to understand that , when I say ’ personally ’ in this respect , I mean that I am expressing my view and the view of my party . |
| 9 | ‘ I am older than the king ; and grief has made me a man . ’ |
| 10 | In fact I 'm taller than the doors |
| 11 | I 'm sure when the time comes … |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm sure when the game starts we wo n't notice it . |
| 13 | I 'm sure if the hardliners have won , now that is erm , would be dealing with them just as now . |
| 14 | It 's a very difficult name at times to live up to I 'm sure because the word Hugh literally means mind or soul and it is important that we seek indeed to live up to what our names mean . |
| 15 | ‘ Let's just say I 'm sceptical where the fairer sex are concerned . ’ |
| 16 | Dr Anthony Storr , author of the recently-published Churchill 's Black Dog , in which he showed how senior politicans often turned stresses of up-bringing into strengths , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm interested because the gates must mean that she 's feeling increasingly insecure and threatened in a simple , straightforward way ; and that 's an interesting phenomenum in itself because she 's been so absolutely certain of herself . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm happiest when the opposition are hitting me ’ , says Probyn . |
| 18 | ‘ And that 's why I was pleased when the Whitesnake opportunity came along in ‘ 77 , because there was more feel to their music then . |
| 19 | I was unaware of this and ca n't afford it anyway , so I was pleased when the manageress of the shop next door came up with the bright idea of playing it in my rest room , where the public are not allowed . |
| 20 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 21 | But I was asleep while the while they took it . |
| 22 | I was feeling a bit pissed off : I was sore where the fickle Shelly had left her mark and I was distinctly peckish . |
| 23 | I was relieved when the daylight came and I could surrender to the exhaustion in my brain . |
| 24 | Pears said : ‘ I was stunned when the gaffer told me just before training . |
| 25 | Gust becos I cud not spel It did not mean I was daft When the boys in school red my riting Some of them laffed But now I am the dictater They have to rite like me Utherwise they can not pas Ther GCSE Some of the girls wer ok But those who laffed a lot Have al bean rownded up And have recintly bean shot The teecher who corrected my speling As not been shot at al But four the last fifteen howers As bean standing up against a wal He has to stand ther until he can spel Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way I think he will stand ther forever I just inventid it today |
| 26 | But I was thankful when the summer holiday started and I could be released from duties I was finding it harder and harder to cope with . |
| 27 | I was thankful when the time came to go to the City Division H.Q. |
| 28 | I was six when the war started . |
| 29 | I was grateful when the rucsacs appeared on the carousel ; Tromsø was a full jacket cooler than Oslo had been . |
| 30 | That seemed to me to be quite all right , since I was quite sure that I was better than the average man . |