Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just the same , Piper , makes no difference where you are this evening . ’ |
| 2 | Is that where you were this morning ? |
| 3 | But to avoid loading a title with a chain of such covenants , it is perhaps better draftsmanship , when first imposing restrictions , to provide that the owner for the time being shall be responsible only for breaches committed whilst he or she is such owner . |
| 4 | The change , which affects sellers and buyers where they are both VAT registered or are liable to be registered as a result of a transaction and the buyer is making the purchase in connection with his or her business , was made in an effort to combat the growing number of serious VAT frauds involving smuggled gold . |
| 5 | Erm because in fact quite funny seeing they 're all being er to laugh erm see what servants in . |
| 6 | My abiding memory is of an acrimonious meeting of British Steel where he was much name-called for closures . |
| 7 | Did nt he play at all centre midfield … i seem to remember a goal against scum ( 40 yard lob ) , where he was more left/centre midfield ? ? |
| 8 | She picked four kids up and you know right at end here where it 's that criss-cross ? |
| 9 | But it seems to me she should n't be locked up in Broadmoor , she should be somewhere where it 's more supervision , but more freedom where she can walk around gardens and places like that , erm |
| 10 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 11 | One more time my skin warms against his and reminds me that I am this person , not generic , wife of nothing . |
| 12 | ‘ Your tone would seem to imply that I am some sort of Bluebeard who keeps her incarcerated . |
| 13 | According to the last good book I read , this means that I am half way through my time travel , my travel through time . |
| 14 | Erm , that sounds very persuasive to all of us nowadays and I fully believe it , that part of what makes me me is in fact er the fact that I 'm this shape and this size |
| 15 | Why would you suppose that I 'm some kind of insomniac ? ’ |
| 16 | You 've got this superior idea that I 'm some sort of half-wit from the back of beyond who has n't the vaguest notion of what happens in the big , bad world . |
| 17 | You see , if you like me then you 'll think that I 'm some sort of brain surgeon , and if you hate me then you 'll think I 'm shit … the truth is in the middle . |
| 18 | As he said to us 42 years later , ‘ I was interested in some kind of sense , that I descended from Aaron , that I was some kind of high priest . |
| 19 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
| 20 | ‘ How I wish that I were that dog ! ’ |
| 21 | I have rarely been angrier than I was that day . |
| 22 | Mr Blair-Gould said : ‘ The prosecution clearly suggest … that she is some kind of dreadful rebel on a crusade against censorship . ’ |
| 23 | Franca , wondering who she was , had decided that she was some sort of secretary or servant of Marcus , like the conjuror 's assistant . |
| 24 | Even Nelson 's invitation was being misconstrued as more evidence that she was some sort of siren who enjoyed luring men with her seductive powers . |
| 25 | A lot better than she was that holiday ? |
| 26 | I 've never met Scorelord so I ca n't say , but I 'm 6′4″ , and Miss Whipple 's about a foot shorter than she was this morning . |
| 27 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 28 | Once you uncover the cause , the theory goes that you are half way to solving the particular problem that concerns you . |
| 29 | Did you not find that er the work them became very sort of com compartmentalized if you like , very specific people were doing bits of jobs rather than a feeling that you were all part of a much larger thing ? |
| 30 | Oh I had about a shilling pocket money I think , although they used , they 'd fine you , they 'd stop money off you if you were late if you were a quarter of an hour late you could n't go in and erm until , and then you 'd got to explain to your mums , well that you were some money short you see , why is this , and we had to say well we were a bit late getting in when you started out soon enough you see . |