Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 2 | Had it not been for human kindess he would have ended up in a pork pie . |
| 3 | Stephen , a boy of about sixteen in a school not far from Susan 's , told me the following story : Extract 2 : Sounds are for big people Me was trodding down de road and me come across me bredder " e — me ask " im for some money an " e say " e na got . |
| 4 | Nothing to do with heroics — heroics are for those epics they make in Hollywood — or the fact that I could n't live with myself . |
| 5 | Since these payments are for this purpose they are quite separate from , and are not dependent upon , any right to compensation or the ‘ Disturbance Payment ’ which is described below . |
| 6 | If , on the other hand , the two sheep are of similar size they can assess each other only by fighting . |
| 7 | The question is whether the ‘ power ’ referred to was the power to write poetry ; for though the Poems In Two Volumes ( 1807 ) are of high quality they mark for most people the end of Wordsworth 's poetic life . |
| 8 | However , although the averages given in the last column of Table 4 are of some value they do not convey the reality of referral and investigative work . |
| 9 | No it 's not , those erm they 're like those leggings it 's |
| 10 | ‘ They 're in that hotel we just passed . ’ |
| 11 | they 've got woo wooden poles with hooks on to hook people out cos they , you do n't , once you 're in that water you , you do n't stop you know , you ca n't decide not to go . |
| 12 | You see if you are very angry about something , about a situation you know that when you 're in that anger it 's so strong that you would n't notice if something happened right under your nose because your anger is u occupying your , your brain and your senses . |
| 13 | Er again if you 're in certain situations you need coordin very very good coordination and timing and again just jogging would not do that . |
| 14 | Also if you 're in rented accommodation you 're claiming housing benefit , you 'll probably have n't got to pay any rent , specially if it 's Council there 's relief , relief from paying |
| 15 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 16 | When you 're in public life you have to put up with er cameras and er things going erm around so and we 're going to be er , completely anonymous in er that , so |
| 17 | ‘ You 're the only two guests , so if you 're on separate floors it means you 've each got your own bathroom . |
| 18 | You know once you 're on that system you 've got to have a light one and a heavy one |
| 19 | on the other side of the sun and the moon 's on that side and we 're on that side we 're in the light . |
| 20 | The wild men are like loony aunties you kept in the attic in the old days , a bloody nuisance but you learn to live with it . ’ |
| 21 | these bar graphs are like three D you know |
| 22 | No matter how careful I am with this lead it gets a knot in it . |
| 23 | Here are some examples : they can see in the dark they can never ever tell a lie when they are with other people they know what they are thinking they are living backwards in time — they were born in the future and so instead of getting older , they get younger . |
| 24 | The majority of the contracts have been awarded to Northern Ireland institutions and where they have been with other institutions it has been the policy of the Panel to encourage the employment of junior Northern Ireland based researchers on the projects . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , as long as I am in this world I remain a sinner , still capable of letting him down . |
| 26 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 27 | ‘ If the business had been in good heart it would have cost you a great deal more . |
| 28 | as if she had just been in actual combat she dropped down on to the couch and sat gasping , drawing in long , shuddering breaths . |
| 29 | If he 'd been in deep water he would n't have been damaged so much and neither would he have surfaced yet , perhaps not for several more days . |
| 30 | ‘ If I 'd been in cold sobriety I would never have married her . |