Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] are the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir J. Franklin desires me to give his compliments — he is in very good health & hopes you are the same . ’ |
| 2 | The indifference of Limnititzkers to the great outdoors is well-known ; the only landscapes that interest them are the hills of a totally discorporeal Zion . |
| 3 | The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America , and the cave swiftlets of the Far East , the ones whose nests are used for birds ' nest soup . |
| 4 | Today the Bangor editor said : ‘ We are determined to emulate our team and show we are the top dogs in north Down . |
| 5 | COCA-COLA took over sponsorship of the League Cup in a £2.25 million deal yesterday and confirmed they are the ‘ real thing ’ for football . |
| 6 | Go back to your priestly intolerance , back to your blasphemous masses , back to your beads , holy water , holy smoke and stinks and remember we are the sons of the martyrs whom your church butchered and we know your church to be the mother of harlots and the abominations of the earth . |
| 7 | It is this that bears on my father 's second question-how to contain the uncontainable : producing these extremes and then controlling and containing them are the problems . |
| 8 | When dreaming we are the spectators of an unfolding drama , and only rarely does one have the impression of being in control . |