Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean today 's the only day I 've had free and the phone just has n't stopped ringing . |
| 2 | They 're floating around in a very , I mean Today was the worst . |
| 3 | I was dragged to a place that I found later was the premises of the Secret Police , ‘ the complex ’ , code named ‘ Fixed Point One ( FP1 ) ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I 'd better be the one , ’ Joanna said , then Robert came out to pick up the remaining chair . |
| 5 | The best jumper I came across was the Argentinian , Llanes , who outfoxed me time and again . |
| 6 | No I was saying to Carol I hope tomorrow 's the last . |
| 7 | ‘ The images which I like best are the ones which other people like — which have the best response . |
| 8 | The time I like best is the evening when it 's cool . |
| 9 | The Invention I like best is the one after the one he loves best — he loves the fifth , and I the sixth . |
| 10 | One of the main factors in my coming here was the chance to play outside such great players as Garry Schofield and Andy Gregory . |
| 11 | It 's responded well without too much swelling.I 'm looking forward to it but how I feel tomorrow is the real test |
| 12 | And so there 's a big mountain range running up the middle of the country , someone thought once was the English Channel . |
| 13 | Although we have some beautiful and rare things like a Queen Anne doll and the earliest-known example of a jigsaw puzzle , the things I love best are the most ordinary , fragile toys — the sort of things you find in a schoolboy 's pocket . |
| 14 | And the brand new video that 's just in the shops , I think today is the first day in the shops , called Portrait Of A City , Nottingham nineteen ninety three . |
| 15 | I think now 's the time . |
| 16 | So I think now 's the time to er make a bid for all these . |
| 17 | Those I mention here are the most often talked about and may be helpful for some readers . |
| 18 | I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune . |
| 19 | I 've always been the one with the umbrella and raincoat , forced to stay indoors in the dark . |
| 20 | Going back to my family now , I 've always been the black one of the family . |
| 21 | I 've always been the one that ends up just going without ’ ( Cohen , 1990 , p. 28 ) . |
| 22 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 23 | well Nick , Nick , I 've always been the buffer , it 's funny , I mean Bruce is , is very like you in a lot of ways , he 's very easy going , you know and , but if the kids ever wanted anything |
| 24 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 25 | I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went . |
| 26 | I 've never been the same since he told me how he hated fey women . |
| 27 | Yeah , I 've never been the same since I was there you know |
| 28 | I 've usually been , been senior secretary , I 've usually been the one in charge of the petty cash , which , sent out for proper coffee and the new kettle if the kettle blew it 's fused and the and the tea pot and the tea bags and the , I just used to write a note in the , in the cash book |
| 29 | So I 've only been the once , |
| 30 | I wish tonight was the first night . ’ |