Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would reckon I 'll be finished with Norman about ten o'clock it takes me an hour and a half to drive down half past eleven say I 'm in here about twelve o'clock right , cheers |
| 2 | Some say it 's by far the more challenging of the two . |
| 3 | When you forty pee it 's like eight pounds |
| 4 | 12 Imagine you are in Grenada looking towards Dominica . |
| 5 | For a good lively read it is worth dipping into The Whitbread Rugby World ‘ 90 . |
| 6 | This meant he was on the line to the local education authority . |
| 7 | Can this mean you 're in love with him ? |
| 8 | ‘ It 's funny to think we 're on our way to poor old Eddy 's funeral , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Assuming this means we are near a final draft we should meet to discuss cover design . |
| 10 | About half said they were in stable relationships . |
| 11 | Nearly half said they were in debt . |
| 12 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ But when push comes to shove , ’ says Mr Stafford Smith , ‘ it 's a lot easier to say you 're for the death penalty than to actually kill people . |
| 14 | That 's important and of course when you lose , really lose your powers of coordination then you lose the ability to look after yourself , you ca n't dress yourself , you ca n't feed yourself and when that happens it 's into a home and geriatric ward and be looked after . |
| 15 | Three-quarters of providers were confident that " this unit can take on the competition " and two-thirds believed they were in good shape to do so . |
| 16 | And I suppose it might have been serious had I been at Low Birk Hatt on my own with no help when that virus struck me down . |
| 17 | There is a further defence where the accused proves he was inside a dwelling and has no reason to believe his conduct would be heard or seen outside that dwelling or any other dwelling ( Section 5(3) ) . |
| 18 | The reasons for obeying these moral rules are egoistic , that to disobey them is to forward the perils of social chaos , or to risk punishment . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I 'm glad to see you 're on the side of the angels , ’ breezes Rainbow , getting back behind the wheel . |
| 20 | Of course , intuitionists and emotivists disagree about the availability of ‘ rational intuition ’ ( guided by such principles as that of organic unities ) but so far as the relation between the merely factual and the ethical goes they are at one . |
| 21 | Pyramid Technology Corp teamed up with Chicago-based Comdisco Inc and Compagnie des Machines Bull SA last week : the three announced they are to jointly develop and market open system alternatives for the IBM mainframe market . |
| 22 | But it 's very reassuring to know I am in safe hands here , ’ says Ken . |
| 23 | She was thrilled to hear you were in London ! ’ |
| 24 | The walk passes through beautiful scenery of the Park 's wooded trails and water garden — it 's hard to believe you 're in London . |
| 25 | ‘ It makes me feel cold to think I was with him in that situation . |
| 26 | It is still hard to say I am like him , like her , unlike her , unlike him , in this or that way . |
| 27 | We did make it to a boozer afterwards , though , and we all agreed it was worth making a note of for future reference . |
| 28 | Some queued through the night , but all agreed it was worth the wait . |
| 29 | ’ It 's good to know I 'm in contention . |
| 30 | ’ It 's good to know I 'm in contention . |