Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made a lot of new friends , some of whom are still in touch . |
| 2 | Some of them are rather like cave paintings are n't they and have they 've got this from my a sort of tedious association of the drawings and pictures and er Catherine 's it seems to be suggesting that animals were around , animals and other creatures were around a long time before human beings and that human beings are in some ways intruders therefore in their in their world . |
| 3 | Bowls with the remains of their dessert figs , prunes and olives still in them are here on show . |
| 4 | Some of them are away at school , some being looked after by Nanny , in the upper parts of the house . |
| 5 | Erm at that erm meeting members did er bring up a number of points er , the comments and questions which have been put to the Environment Trust and the answers to them are there on page ninety five under progress to date and , and on onto page ninety six er , the main ones really are the question as to whether er , any rented housing could be provided erm , in the scheme is dealt with there the Environment Trust only develop for sale or for equity share er , they 're not a housing association , they 're a charitable body erm so they did n't feel that they were able to er , take on the role of er , provided rented housing in the scheme . |
| 6 | All of them are now under review to make sure they are ‘ in a particular market where we can win in the long term ’ . |
| 7 | Teenagers are also heavily over-represented amongst the temporary labour force ; a substantial number of them are still at school and are working part-time . |
| 8 | Significantly , twenty-two of them are still in service today , although their distinctive design has been lost under extensive rebuilding . |
| 9 | Two of them are still in prison , where they are serving 18-month sentences . |
| 10 | It is difficult to find people who have been tortured — so many of them are still in prison or have died . |
| 11 | Until I know why Albie died , I wo n't know whether Ludo and I are also in danger . |
| 12 | I think Suzannah and I are genuinely in favour . |
| 13 | I smoke my spliff and switch on the telly ; I am just in time for Neighbours . |
| 14 | ‘ I am here on behalf of the Guild of Merchants and Traders , ’ said Rerpf evenly . |
| 15 | ‘ I am here in duty bound to assist Sir John . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I am carrying a load of wiring and electronic equipment so I knew they would be interested in it , but I am completely in favour of this type of search . ’ |
| 17 | He has told April that I am insanely in love with him , and now they both hate me : he , because I have made it plain this is not the case , and she for much the same reason , only compounded by the fact that since he has raised the subject , and in view of his demeanour towards me … |
| 18 | As announced last week , I am away on holiday for the next two weeks ( you will notice that the weather has started to deteriorate … ! ) . |
| 19 | As I am away on holiday I have asked this letter to be sent off in my absence |
| 20 | As you know , I am away on leave as of this Friday but will be pleased to assist if you have any queries and will also be back from leave . |
| 21 | I did n't get where I am today by kind of mentality . |
| 22 | I do feel that this is necessary because we are allocating or just allocating our proposed budget er a substantial amount of extra resources through the rights of way which I am thoroughly in favour of but I do think we need to know how that money is going to be used and which of the items which are to appear in the report are going to be covered by that money and which is still going to need to be addressed next year when we have to book in time for it for next year . |
| 23 | I am desperately in favour of my children learning to read books . |
| 24 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 25 | ‘ I am already in mourning , ’ the big man replied . |
| 26 | Thus today I am equally at home with both metric systems , and can switch from ergs to joules , or dynes to newtons with ease . |
| 27 | I am strongly in favour of compulsory universal military training . ’ |
| 28 | Can I explain to her that I am fully in sympathy with their monomania ? |
| 29 | As one City figure said , ‘ As a stockbroker I am fully in support of market forces prevailing . |
| 30 | Then a mother from Clwyd in Wales : ‘ I am fully in agreement with her motives . |