Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but I mean yours is a big school now is n't it ? |
| 2 | I mean I am a mere officer who advises the Council , Bill , as you know . |
| 3 | I 'm with you yeah , see Sam 's got some learning , when he comes to spellings to me , again I would , I would print yeah , he only scrawled that down last night , he says I 've got some spellings on sports mum , I said do you know any of 'em ? , he said no , I said when 's you test ? , he says Friday , well I got ta book on all sports and then I read it because sports and you think hockey 's one of them , oh yeah , racket , which is spelt wrong I 've had to , I think it 's got a U in , but again I mean sometimes , I mean I 'm a good speller , I do n't know about you , but I look at them sometimes and I have to go and get the dictionary have to check em |
| 4 | What d' ya think they but I mean , well , I mean I 'm a little bit out of touch on that sort of |
| 5 | Old Kaspar replies : ’ Why that I can not tell , ' said he , But' t was a famous victory . ' ’ |
| 6 | I treat it as a compliment that people say I 'm a marked man now , though I doubt it 's true . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Some say I 'm a dour type of person , and maybe I am at times , but nothing means more to me than winning . |
| 8 | Others say I was a good judge by staying home . |
| 9 | If they say she 's a one |
| 10 | But , as I say she 's a modern outlook is a difference from the Queen , I think Queen Elizabeth |
| 11 | People say she 's a good swimmer but she 's big |
| 12 | ‘ Say she 's a silly , daft cow , ’ suggested Constance , who was rather jealous of Scarlet 's therapist . |
| 13 | ‘ That girl you saw … you say she 's a social worker ? ’ said Iris , brandishing a tablespoon . |
| 14 | He say she was a fantasic person , with time for everyone . |
| 15 | But on the other hand say you 're a hundred and you 're working more with adapters they 're going to really think you 're a strong innovator . |
| 16 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 17 | So , for instance , if you have an argument with the police er on a matter , you might very well have to say to the police , I think officer you were take that and say you 're a lying bastard . |
| 18 | ‘ Father and Ellen both say you 're a wicked man . ’ |
| 19 | He say you are a useless waste of space . |
| 20 | ‘ They say you are a known homosexual ; we believe it , ’ added a third . |
| 21 | The new appointments demonstrate a commitment by the Saatchi brothers to restore the company 's fortunes and suggest they are a long way from turning their backs on the business they built . |
| 22 | If you do n't know they were trainers or shoes say they were a white type |
| 23 | Er most of my points have actually dried up now , sir , in view of what Mr Cunnane has said , and also Mr Jewitt , erm I do actually , I would try to emphasize a point that the people who are proposing new settlements in this location have judiciously avoided the question of need this afternoon , well I think we we almost came to the point this morning that the shortfall was nine hundred and reducing almost on a month by month basis , er one or two quick points I would like to pick up , er in view of the erm small nature or the shortfall in housing supply that we see over the next fifteen years , I can not accept that to avoid the new settlement option would be prejudicial to greenbelt objectives , erm the housing land supply allocations are almost there , there are plans to run through which will un almost inevitably allocate additional sites inside the inner edge of the greenbelt boundary and outside the outer edge of the greenbelt boundary , but both within Greater York , which are bound to assist in making up the shortfall of provision , and probably , if I suspect rightly , would actually exceed it , erm erm I agree with Mr Cunnane on the question of the alternative expansion of existing towns or settlements , the same point really , we 're almost there anyway , the op that option is already there , it 's not that it might be there , it is it is there at the moment , er it 's not a clear expression of local preference , and I would also point out the option of the environmental improvements under the P P G criteria you asked us to look at , erm whether it 's a thousand houses , two thousand , two and a half thousand , whether it has a bowling alley , or a ten pin bowling alley , and a B and Q , and a , probably a Tesco as well , this form of development will not sit comfortably in open countryside , almost , wherever it 's put within the Greater York area , I defy anyone to produce a site where one can satisfactorily put er such a massive form of urban development and suggest it 's a positive environmental improvement . |
| 24 | As Holy Communion was by tradition the first food and drink of the day , the tea left a feeling of guilt for I was told never to tell anyone although I expect it was a common practice amongst lady communicants . |
| 25 | Anybody over forty I say it is a legitimate time to talk to people about self employment . |
| 26 | Start-rite say it is a private road in a traffic-free park . |
| 27 | I just say it is a strong possibility . |
| 28 | ‘ You say it is a good tool , sir ! ’ |
| 29 | Many industry observers say it is a declining brand . |
| 30 | Like ya , like you say it is a difficult situation at the moment in n it ? |