Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean is a carbonate erm an alkali ? |
| 2 | What I Mean is the transfer of body weight to the shot . |
| 3 | She was er I mean was a pop s ex pop singer , I 'd only just stopped singing a few weeks before I started to work with Sybil and she could not have been more gracious and generous in helping me get through it . |
| 4 | and I said who 's that ? and he went oh god , shit we 're in the wrong tent and they went out and you can hear 'em I mean being a tent they 're laughing their head off for about half an hour |
| 5 | I said no you see she 's she 's a perfectionist , I mean being a perfectionist being halfhearted erm , you ca n't help it sort of thing , I suppose that , you know |
| 6 | The basic situation which I contemplate is a patient in hospital refusing all but nursing attendance , or the patient at home refusing all care , even if it means that he will be left alone . |
| 7 | God , I love them all so much , I hate being the cause of their distress . |
| 8 | And the erm ni the , the , the capsules and the er Nitrous Albide I expect are the ones he 's going to change though the problem is exactly what to . |
| 9 | Then the only defence left to him is to answer " No , what I say is the truth " . |
| 10 | And erm , the the Clerk was in a flat spin , because he had n't got a card , which said , I affirm that , what I say is the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth , and the recorder himself was was about |
| 11 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 12 | All I want 's a bit of cooperation . |
| 13 | ‘ But what I want is a bit of time to myself . |
| 14 | All I want is a chance to prove myself . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ What I want is a country of real opportunity where everyone is free to choose . |
| 16 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 17 | But all I want is a knob to say right film tonight |
| 18 | Whereas in actual fact I do n't want all this , I want is a B one . |
| 19 | After reading your All I want is a room somewhere , I decided to write in case any of your readers were considering a home to Carla . |
| 20 | The Arts : All I want is a room in Soho |
| 21 | She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’ |
| 22 | All I , all I want is a carrier bag . |
| 23 | Just now , all I want is a glass of this rather splendid champagne . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The first thing I want is a bath , ’ said Kenichi Horie after coming ashore on the southern island of Okinawa . |
| 25 | ‘ The only reward I want is a baby of my own . |
| 26 | All I want is the jade . |
| 27 | No , all I want is the name |
| 28 | ‘ All I want is the opportunity , then it 's up to me . |
| 29 | Er , when you 've finished with it , all I want is the token off the corner of the page it happens to be on the reverse side |
| 30 | ‘ All I want is the truth — for once . |