Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [pers pn] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has one rap — ‘ Killing Me Softly , Deadly Code of Silence ’ — which starts ‘ George Bush is a terrorist ’ , and Bill Clinton apparently thinks she 's one of the major problems facing the USA today . |
| 2 | When you see lorries coming into Darlington from the length and breadth of the country bringing in supplies it is encouraging that local buyers and suppliers are now getting together . ’ |
| 3 | With talk of a series of stand alone shops it 's hard to believe that the idea is n't to rival Marks . |
| 4 | ‘ And how long has she been dead ? ’ |
| 5 | How long has she been ill ? |
| 6 | ‘ How long has he been dead ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How long has it been dead ? ’ |
| 8 | How long has it been derelict ? |
| 9 | Not only has he been prepared to forgive , but he has taken the brave step , for a unionist , of accepting a seat in the Irish Senate , as token of his Irish identity . |
| 10 | Gerd suddenly says he is hungry , and begs some food from one or more of the adventurers . |
| 11 | But that only means it 's empty of matter . |
| 12 | I just thinks it 's human nature . |
| 13 | These two claims are both presupposed by the sentence ; that is , the sentence just assumes they are true . |
| 14 | For best results it is advisable to find a specialist in what you want rather than one whose main business is divorces , conveyancing or racehorses . |
| 15 | ‘ The man downstairs says it 's all clear again now ’ |
| 16 | It just says it 's aqueous but but I mean when it when it when it happens |
| 17 | When addressing the problem of Germany 's pre-eminent economic power , he either just says it is good for Europe or he says , ‘ I think our neighbours should overcome the tendency to think in terms of nation-states ’ , while the same thought is expressed by one academic : ‘ in many ways , it no longer makes sense to talk about Germany as a distinct national unit ’ . |
| 18 | And you want to know what it was like being fêted by the Stones and Led Zep , and how in ‘ 61 Bob Dylan got his first Greenwich Village pro gig with John Lee ( and was apparently pissed off because the man from the New York Times was far more interested in rapping with the bluesman ) , but he just says it was nice to be able to put young Bob on the bandstand . |
| 19 | Yeah I know , it just means it 's easier for you . |
| 20 | ‘ Which just proves you 're infatuated with him . |
| 21 | She just knows you 're angry so she feels unloved |
| 22 | Experience elsewhere suggests he is right . |
| 23 | HANDS UP who still thinks it 's funny to say ‘ Here 's one we made earlier ’ ? |
| 24 | ‘ Papa still thinks I am six years old . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're much more sensible than you used to be , but your mum ca n't see it , and my mum still thinks I 'm three and a half . ’ |
| 26 | Today she still insists they were wrong . |
| 27 | WAQAR Younis still insists he is innocent of the charge of ball-tampering |
| 28 | Even though she 's changed everything about her life and undergone surgery to become a woman … the law still says she is male |
| 29 | Fifteen years on , I could n't be sure of that intellectually , but the instinct still says I 'm right . |
| 30 | She always says it 's easy to remember her age as she was twenty-one in 1914 . |