Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's puzzling me is that phone-call Nicola had at the party . |
| 2 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 3 | Then everyone will think I 'm some kind of spy anyway because it 's hardly going to fit in with my cover of being a moron . |
| 4 | I do n't think I 'm suspect numero uno any more ; I think McDunn at least believes me and that 's enough for now . |
| 5 | ‘ This is ridiculous — I 'm so excited , you 'd think I was five years old ! ’ |
| 6 | To hear you talk , anyone would think I was some kind of wanton , a man-stealer . |
| 7 | ‘ Papa still thinks I am six years old . |
| 8 | I thought , if she could hear she thinks I 'm bloody crackers ! |
| 9 | And he thinks I 'm another canary you see ! |
| 10 | With regard to the now unimportant four percent increase which then if you may made I 'm sure councillors deny it and if we are to believe the reason that we have to bring our rents to this level is because government policy so dictates that we shall do . |
| 11 | The only person who approached me was poor Ian Smith , who came to London but was not a representative at the talks . |
| 12 | och , do you know I was five minutes late , but that was different I was twenty five minutes late , I I did n't even ask her why , cos I knew we 'd in the door like as I 'm walking through it . |
| 13 | Say I 'm surprised Ann and Rita have n't sort of did n't |
| 14 | Say you 're eight stone they make you put that waistcoat on , it 's nine stone . |
| 15 | ‘ You are not going to have them say you are some kind of dickhead . ’ |
| 16 | By the time she had parked she was twenty minutes late and quite beyond caring . |
| 17 | You seem to have forgotten we were all children together . ’ |
| 18 | So I said , well did you stop to kn know we are fourteen miles . |
| 19 | Let them know we 're alright Paul . |
| 20 | ‘ You did n't know we were old mates , did you ? ’ said Gazzer . |
| 21 | ‘ I say we are all leaders . |
| 22 | Some people say we 're all establishment minded and other people say we 're all something else minded . |
| 23 | you can , you can you know they 're bad toilets |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't know they were all scientists . |
| 25 | I did n't know they were that colour . |
| 26 | ‘ I expect they are good children and do n't need to be punished . ’ |
| 27 | Fans turned up to gigs in ridiculous anoraks , sold fanzines with names like Frothy Pop and pretended they were carefree 18-year-olds . |
| 28 | They forget they are mere statistics . |
| 29 | When you see people who have been victims in a completely different situation you realise they are human being and you have got to do your best for them |
| 30 | For all their adult lives they are solitary polyps , glued to the rock , their tentacles waving in the water ready to trap prey that may touch them . |