Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mark & I are driving south on Thursday , and as today 's an Edinburgh holiday , it will mean a 2–day working week for one ! |
2 | If you or I were to mix mud and water and place it in the same position it would fall off . |
3 | It is natural to find sleeping difficult if you have just suffered a bereavement or you are experiencing difficulties in a close relationship . |
4 | If you are new to BBCBASIC(Z80) , or you are experiencing difficulty with ( data ) files you might find these notes useful . |
5 | You 've got faith or you 're calling God a liar ! |
6 | You 're heading a subsidiary of an internationally active company , or you 're coordinating employee benefit planning on an international level . |
7 | Does that mean that they are wrong , or you 're losing market share ? |
8 | They walked on in silence for a time , and then Hilary said : ‘ I still think your mum 's playing a dirty game , or she 's imagining things . |
9 | Perhaps someone 's still there , or she 's tucking Darius up in bed . |
10 | In fact , all a person would need to do in the middle of a Darkfall storm would be to remain calm , not touch anything — unless he or she is wearing gloves and wait for the effect to pass . |
11 | In general , the lower an individual 's class position , the more likely he or she is to leave school at the minimum leaving age and the less likely to aspire and strive for a highly rewarded position . |
12 | The South Korean justification to Jessup was that no one would be convicted , unless he or she was taking orders from a foreign power . |
13 | So I think the people who say , ‘ Oh , he 's gone down the Swanee , he 's talking pop , or he 's writing children 's books , or he 's waving his hands on television , ’ balderdash as far as they 're concerned , I think they 're , they 're just being very stupid . |
14 | maybe Wilko called to check up on another player , or he was returning Souness ' enquiry about Rocky ( saying no ) . |
15 | However , if you are quite unwell at the point of conception and during the pregnancy and/or you are injecting drugs , the pregnancy could lead to HIV-related illness . |
16 | Because in the four days Doyle and me were following Latowa , he and Charlie only met twice — once for about thirty seconds , probably just to say hello , and then to go to the Cambridge Hotel . ’ |
17 | Mr. Wakeham : I agree that the way in which the House has dealt with European matters in recent months has left something to be desired , and I am taking steps to try to improve it . |
18 | Copies of the digest have been sent to all district councils , district sports councils and sports development groups and I am sending copies to governing bodies for information in the hope that the governing body itself or your district associations might become involved in the local planning process . |
19 | ‘ My name is Legion , and I am acting captain of the Interstellar Mining Corporation vessel Insider Trading . ’ |
20 | I shall be meeting the representatives of the Standing Conference of Principal Youth and Community Officers for the London and south-east Region on 17 December , and I am meeting representatives of the British Youth Council and the Scout Association in the near future . |
21 | ‘ I swim , ride and I am learning Braille . |
22 | The starting salary is competitive , and I am acquiring experience in courts all the time . ’ |
23 | My sister is a secretary and I am studying biology . |
24 | If I want a charity to benefit by 100 and I am paying tax at 30 per cent , I need only give up 70 . |
25 | I started off playing mid-field er and I was switched to full-back by Billy Bremner at Doncaster half way through this season , and I been playing full-back since like . |
26 | ‘ My wife and I are leaving Venice next week . |
27 | ‘ Van Gelder and I are trained divers , sir . |
28 | ‘ Andrew , my dear boy , your father and I are talking matters of great pith and moment , ’ replied Clem . |
29 | Faye and I are playing family feud — it 's an old favourite of ours — and you 're piggy in the middle . |
30 | Mark and I are driving south this Thursday — only a 2–day working week for me ( whee ! ) . |