Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And no one else can say of me that I know in one case and not in the other , because for all I know I am wrong both times .
2 No , so I 'm right then Sandra ?
3 I thought it was a bit of a cheek seeing as I 'm due here mornings but I 've nothing against Mrs. Schofield and if she wanted me I was n't above obliging .
4 I 'm tired now mate .
5 I 'm better now Mum , I 'm fine , do n't worry .
6 I 'm sure once people realise what smashing dogs they are , lots more Greyhounds would be assured a happy retirement — instead of being abandoned , exported or used for experimentation .
7 I was alone here night after night , and that sports car just kept driving up to get you .
8 You are greedy sometimes Jonathan !
9 ‘ So you see , children , the moral of the story is that if you are good then God will be pleased … ’
10 well you 're better again Jim , you 've got the fire er so you put the fire , you put the fire off , well this central heating comes from the back of that fire does n't it , so if you 've got the central heating on and you 've got it on full
11 Yes fine , if if if you 're happy too Bill , thank you .
12 So , what 's you 're secret then Ernie ?
13 You 're mad then Polly 's gone upstairs with Jacqueline then .
14 ‘ Christ , ’ breathed Billy , ‘ you were lucky there mate , that was a pretty big un' for a night tide , I heard it was a twenty seven footer .
15 Yeah , but she 's firm though Marg !
16 And she 's that only Nadine alone .
17 Who 's that then maths ?
18 I ring up Richard , and Richard says the only time I can see you is seven o'clock Tuesday night , and I 've got no appointment .
19 Later she locked it away in her own empty suitcase , a place where she was sure even Giovanna would never find it .
20 I feel that we are all partly Ratso and partly J. F. Kennedy if you like-a most successful , attractive person .
21 We are all so throwaway society you know .
22 ‘ Although we are all still members of the Board , we want nothing more to do with it .
23 And I think we were all slightly sort of surprised that we could have this sort of effect .
24 If something is popular then people are being conned .
25 There are 4–5 finely rugose arm spines ; the second dorsalmost spine is the longest up to 2 arm segments long .
26 There are 7–8 finely rugose and flattened arm spines proximally 5–6 distally ; not forming a fan on the proximal arm joints .
27 There are 10 slightly rugose arm spines on proximal arm segments , 6–7 on distal ones .
28 There are 7 slightly rugose arm spines , often with larger points along the shaft of the spine .
29 There are 7 finely rugose arm spines proximally , 4–5 distally ; there are large secondary points on the shaft of some spines .
30 There are 7 finely rugose arm spines , with large secondary points on the shaft giving the arm spine a more rugose appearance .
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