Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [be] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Another item I picked up some time ago from across the Atlantic was the information that the British 7′¼″ gauge was only found on the Great Eastern , a piece of information that I 'm sure Vic Smith will agree to be even more surprising than anything in his talk !
2 For my part , I told her that I was sure Aisha had a lover and we began searching for proof .
3 Each of the six weighed half a kilo so I was glad John came to meet me on arrival .
4 Daniel felt that she was willing Peter to respond , to show himself bruised and in need of comforting , to expose his wound so that it might be healed .
5 With a smile at Alice of real gratitude , neighbourliness , she said that she was glad Alice was there , glad that decent people were in poor No. 43 at last .
6 * Southern Japanese fishermen drove about 1,000 dolphins back into the sea after having been informed by the government that they were rare Fraser 's dolphins .
7 The seasons are reluctant to let go in the North of England and , although it was early May , Nora wore her winter coat .
8 ‘ But getting back to your question , what I really wanted from this album was for anyone who hears it to say they like it or they do n't like it , but that it 's pure Steve Harley . ’
9 ‘ You 're telling me that it 's official Coutts policy to bounce a cheque on one of the ten biggest private companies in Britain ? ’
10 Not that it was young Mr Gotobed 's fault , his father was alive then , and in charge of the mine , but Mr Evans says all that family was tarred with the same brush , only thinking of profits .
11 They 'd been typed on an old portable with a faded ribbon , so badly laid out that it was obvious Diane was no typist .
12 There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times .
13 Manager Graeme Souness said today that Piechnik will definitely play and that he is hopeful Walters will also return , after missing the Moscow Spartak game .
14 One apparent reason for the delay was the Bush adminstration 's fear that to conclude a free-trade pact in mid-1992 as originally envisaged would be an electoral liability in the US presidential contest , opening Bush to attacks from protectionists that he was encouraging US companies to relocate to Mexico in search of cheap labour while unemployment continued to rise at home .
15 The Spirit urged Jesus into the desert , where he resisted the temptations of the Devil , who did not seem to know that he was tempting God himself .
16 My son is a dying junkie , but he does n't want to die alone so he 's encouraging Robin-Anne to keep him company and now she 's become addicted to cocaine and it wo n't be very long before she 's smoking crack and trying speedballs . ’
17 But once he is dead Emeth meets Aslan and falls at his feet in instinctive adoration , as in terror , ‘ for the Lion … will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him ’ .
18 So it 's old Ted ? ’
19 Well , Gain has reportedly just snared a porting pact with IBM to move its software to the RS/6000 and once it 's ready IBM will apparently co-market the stuff worldwide especially to users with mission critical distributed applications .
20 Once it was clear Mr Smith had wiped the floor with the Premier , Mellor was used for what one Tory called his ‘ last good deed ’ .
21 Darlington MP Michael Fallon said : ‘ The health authority and I have been lobbying health ministers for some months and I am delighted Darlington is to get this scanner .
22 It 's got to be the plum — and I am sure Hereford will be thinking the same way too . ’
23 And I am sure Mr D'Arcy would like a little refreshment .
24 ‘ That 's in the future but it will be another chapter in the book and I am sure Joe is going to point a few things out to me and help me along the way .
25 ‘ It 's a strength being part of an international group and I am glad Courtaulds started to run the activity on a European basis so early .
26 And I 'm late Saturday and then I 'm on holiday .
27 And I 'm sure Peter would n't approve . ’
28 There 's nothing Jack loathes more than reading some publication in which I 've referred to him as a saint and I 'm sure Reggie feels the same way .
29 And I 'm sure Miinnehoma will come on for the race , ’ he said .
30 And I 'm sure Jessica will grow to love him . ’
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