Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [be] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 2 | The Chairman of the Governors asked me was there a precedent in a flowing her to come into the interviews , and I said ‘ No , the precedent has already been set and that she was n't in on the other appointments . ’ |
| 3 | The boys 'll think I 'm just a swot . |
| 4 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 5 | I do n't think I 'm ever the rosy-cheeked type . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think I 'm really a naturally disciplined person , but now I ca n't help it . |
| 7 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
| 8 | As you know I mean I 'm only a working man |
| 9 | ‘ My mother thinks I 'm still a virgin . ’ |
| 10 | The second point that worries me is also a minority concern . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , Corbett , you forget I was once a soldier . ’ |
| 12 | They say I 'm now the longest running news programme presenter on television . |
| 13 | That " say I 'm all the world to you , you 're out of your mind " " I know there 's someone else and I could kiss your behind " , Those " you say I 'm terrific but your taste was always rotten " feelings , " Go away , I need you " , " Come to me , I 'll kill you " , " Darling , I 'll do anything to keep you with me till you Tell me that you love , me , oh you did , now beat it will you " blues . |
| 14 | Yartek himself is now the Keeper and by various threats and deceptions he prises the keys from them . |
| 15 | It was no comfort at all to know she was probably the only female in existence who did n't thrill to its rich , deep tones , who was left completely unmoved by its huskily sensual undertones . |
| 16 | A MAN has found his long lost sister after a 41-year search — only to discover she is now a he after a sex change . |
| 17 | Some of them are fair , some of them treat you reasonably good , but others say you 're just a criminal , a nothing , do n't know what you were born for , that sort of thing . |
| 18 | So I can say that really what worries you is more the crime and the drugs much more than prostitution , as far as prostitution you 're saying that basically there 's a |
| 19 | In all I expect we were about a dozen strong before taking departure for Malta from a point to the South of the Balearics . |
| 20 | Did you know we were originally a record plugging show ? |
| 21 | In the village in which the author currently lives there is now no cricket team , but rumour had it that there once was . |
| 22 | It 's claimed there 's still an area the size of a town left to be built on . |
| 23 | ‘ Watch your lip Gatesey , ’ he said in a quiet voice , which held more menace then a shout ‘ You of all people should know there is always an angle for a bit of profit , like salmon poaching for instance . ’ |
| 24 | I think also er , and this er , it may be that the er er URC does not want to be pushed round er , we got up er , to how many ministers this applies but I do know there are quite a number of ministers which who need their own cars a and a a at the church that pays the er , insurance , the road license and even something for the maintenance . |
| 25 | More likely , they followed a route now reduced : like Kipling 's road through the woods , ‘ weather and rain have undone it again and now we shall never know there was once a road through the woods . ’ |
| 26 | The main reason , main thing is presuming that there must have been refreshments for all these people , probably might have been just a buffet or cup of coffee , or I expect there was probably a lunch laid on , I want to know who footed the bill for the lunch ? |
| 27 | Consider finally how even the man of knowledge , when he compels his spirit to knowledge which is counter to the inclination of his spirit and frequently also to the desires of his heart — by saying No , that is , when he would like to affirm , love , worship — disposes as an artist in and transfigurer of cruelty ; in all taking things seriously and thoroughly indeed there is already a violation , a desire to hurt the fundamental will of the spirit , which ceaselessly strives for appearance and the superficial — in all desire to know there is already a drop of cruelty . |
| 28 | So as I say there is clearly a substantial er factual dispute between the parties as to what was said on these relevant telephone conversations . |
| 29 | Doctors say there is now a glimmer of hope for the survival of the twelve-year-old Warrington bomb victim , Timothy Parry . |
| 30 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |