Example sentences of "[is] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing they love more than an interesting little family tragedy , or a nice little disease to muck themselves up with . ’ |
| 2 | There 's nothing she likes better than to reminisce about the days when my … my father was a boy . |
| 3 | There 's nothing I hate more than going to an exhibition where there 's nobody there whom I know and there 's nothing there which I like … |
| 4 | ‘ I … there 's nothing I want more … ’ |
| 5 | There 's nothing I want more than that my daughter should grow up to be the sort of person who gets along with everybody . ’ |
| 6 | There is nothing she enjoys more than to talk on her favourite subject . |
| 7 | ‘ There is nothing I like more than having the house filled with young people . |
| 8 | But then I thought actually all this adds up to what you want is someone you feel safe with , someone you feel is going to look after the country and its people well , and I thought is Major somebody I feel safe with , and I thought well in some ways because I do n't think he 's going to turn round and do anything nasty to me , but on the other hand erm I wonder — I 'm going back to your question — is he a man of substance ? |
| 9 | That 's , that 's who he boxed that Michael Watson in first place . |
| 10 | Or is everything we do determined and preordained ? |
| 11 | yes , discounting merchandise is something we do all the time it 's just that the discounts are different in January and the merchandise to which they 're applied may be different . |
| 12 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 13 | Decision-making is something I find difficult |
| 14 | ‘ And here 's one we reconstructed earlier … ’ |
| 15 | Here 's one I made earlier … |
| 16 | But she says ‘ No … that 's something I know all about … that 's sensuality ’ . |
| 17 | I 'm never bothered about taking a chance , that 's something I feel good about and it will eventually happen . ’ |
| 18 | no it 's mine I took three and I do n't know where , who and what , five , settle down Emily |
| 19 | now what 's it you know five hundred percent |
| 20 | Oh yeah , cos when we lived at you see you could just go to sleep and that 's it you knew that nowt was gon na happen . |
| 21 | Well wh what is it they 've all got in common then ? |
| 22 | Come to that , how is it I know that 's what you 're doing ? |
| 23 | On her return to the car the President said how is it you know this petrol pump attendant so well ? |
| 24 | There it 's got tunnels and it 's metal around the edge and it 's green three four three four three four to ring for a bash at Kids ' County and er we know it 's not the Major Oak cos that 's what they 've both guessed so far all right . |
| 25 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got about twenty per cent hearing in this one , that 's what they said last time . |
| 27 | That 's what they want that 's what they used for it . |
| 28 | If that 's what you call , I , I told mother , I said if that 's what they call substantial in Northamptonshire they do n't live very well . |
| 29 | That 's what they call big marlin . |
| 30 | The abbot 's li the abbots lived at the burnside at Dalvaine , that 's what they call this little place . |