Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may well be standard poodle in the Irish Water Spaniel but the Newfoundland I mean is a big heavy dog . |
| 2 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 3 | ‘ I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 4 | I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 5 | That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information . |
| 6 | My object , which I trust was a fair one , was never suspected , my position never questioned . |
| 7 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 8 | ‘ All I want is a normal life . |
| 9 | And , for the moment , all I want is a little peace and quiet although it 's not all that quiet , thanks to the gaps between the attic floorboards left by the cottage 's Victorian jerrybuilder : how Riva can snore on through all those goings-on I do not know . |
| 10 | ALL I want is a fantastic time with just as crazy a female . |
| 11 | ‘ What I want is a biodegradable board — like the husk of a grain of wheat . |
| 12 | All I want is a few answers , then you 're free to leave any time you like . ’ |
| 13 | All I want is a yearly figure . ’ |
| 14 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 15 | All I want is a little cottage . |
| 16 | But right now , all I want is a fair hearing . |
| 17 | ‘ What I want is a safe , happy and successful climb — very much in that order . |
| 18 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 19 | He said : ‘ Special Branch should now be called in to flush out what I suspect is a politically-motivated mole operating within the palace . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to waste my time visiting two dealers , both of whom will try to sell me items I do n't want — and one of which I know is a nineteenth-century fake . |
| 21 | But none as far as I know is a homicidal maniac . |
| 22 | Others include Councillor Brian Meek , Mr. Struan Stevenson , Councillor Christine Richards and Mr. Arthur Bell , who I know is a particular favourite of the Under-Secretary of State . |
| 23 | And there are other references throughout to , what I reply is a clear direction that most developments should be in erm in or closely related to settlements and , of course , that will be a matter addressed through through local plans . |
| 24 | The first thing I remember was a slight buzzing in my ears . |
| 25 | ‘ All I remember was a huge bang and it careering into us . |
| 26 | The cases reported to Hoffman-La Roche I believe are a tiny fraction of all reactions . |
| 27 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , West ( Mr. Douglas ) , who I believe is a prospective candidate in Garscadden , need have no worries about a statutory register in respect of the council tax . |
| 28 | Now , we did what I believe is a British first . |
| 29 | But all I find are a few rather stale cobs already fallen to the ground . |
| 30 | I must confess I find being a complete freelance is a strain and I love the family feeling of a company . |