Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry I was a long time I did n't |
| 2 | Yeah I 'm sorry I 'm a little bit late but , you know , I just wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turnings cos erm |
| 3 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 4 | Why I 'm very positive about this I am a rheumatoid arthritis person , have been since I oh I do n't know happen to be in my fifties I think . |
| 5 | In this I was no different from Michael , but where he thought of eagles , I thought of dolphins . |
| 6 | But as proof-reader I 'm the best ! |
| 7 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 8 | ‘ I — I 'm afraid I was a little bit bossy in those days , ’ she admitted contritely . |
| 9 | They were not always easy or comfortable either , despite her infectious humour , but they were empowering — at this she was the best . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 11 | The more organised you are the better will be the results . |
| 12 | Oh yeah , I reckon all grannies are gon na be taping this they 're the only with loads of spare time , we 're just doing this for a laugh ! |
| 13 | end of the day when you do something wrong they 're the first to nip in that office and say what you 've done wrong and why you 've done it wrong . |
| 14 | and the then there 's flanged they 're every six er every er twenty two feet I think it is . |
| 15 | As early as 1895 he was a regular contributor to the Engineer and Engineering , taking the great engineers of the day to task over technical issues , and he soon became well known . |
| 16 | But I 'll get on to my resolution which is unemployment benefit and I 'll say this it 's a bloody disgrace and I mean it . |
| 17 | If you do not feel you want to do this it is a great pity but at least do not avoid having your photograph taken as part of the normal course of events ( at weddings , parties , social events ) . |
| 18 | In this it is no different from pneumonia or appendicitis . |
| 19 | If your bureau does this it is no bad idea to volunteer to be included on the rota . |
| 20 | In this it was a great but short-lived success and provoked Germany into refusing to buy Polish coal , which in turn provoked Poland into putting an embargo on all German trade . |
| 21 | It 's all a bit confusing now cos we 've I 've just finished altering the whole of the middle of it but this It was a twenty four foot long main lounge . |
| 22 | The verificationist who is unwilling to admit the possibility of such facts ( in this he is a consistent anti-realist ) must therefore say that such a statement , though perhaps it may be determinately false when one of its consequences is observed to be false , still can not achieve determinate truth . |
| 23 | we 're not quite getting this clear it 's an excellent idea . |
| 24 | It finally became clear it was a false alarm . |
| 25 | It is clear it was the reform-minded Mr Modrow and his supporters in the Central Committee who urged the leadership to press ahead swiftly with fundamental change , including the decision to allow free travel . |
| 26 | It 's easier it 's a great deal easier to say than to do . |
| 27 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 28 | ‘ With Hamed it was a real search . ’ |
| 29 | I would n't say it was brave it was a normal thing to do , was n't brave , there was nothing brave about that . |
| 30 | Be it industrial , domestic or social it is a major cause of neighbour disputes . |