Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only force which separates them is the Church , the one single coherent organisation in this country which binds like mortar the different races and degrees of this nation . |
| 2 | ‘ My husband hates me being a businesswoman . |
| 3 | What really angers me is the exploitation of young women like us by advertisers , to sell their products . |
| 4 | The main thing that upsets me is the fact that she 's a bastard . |
| 5 | I 'll tell you if I want to , he thinks I am a child . |
| 6 | He thinks I am a liar . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll never divorce Sybil , ’ he said , ‘ and she 'll never divorce me … she thinks I 'm a genius . ’ |
| 8 | EVERYBODY THINKS I 'M A LIAR . |
| 9 | He thinks I 'm a tramp , she thought , almost dispassionately , and he hates what he 's done , hates the way sexual desire 's lured him , tricked him . |
| 10 | ‘ Sandy , of course , thinks I 'm a bitch , ’ said Dionne , mouth hardening , ‘ wants to move in full-time , be a couple . |
| 11 | I was a bit nervous about that because , even at the best of times , Jean thinks I 'm a pain in the neck . |
| 12 | ‘ He thinks I 'm an idiot ! ’ said Marie , eagerly , letting herself be swept along on the hysteria of Bella 's rage . |
| 13 | Everyone thinks I 'm an expert at all this stuff , and there 's no one I can ask . |
| 14 | ‘ He probably thinks I 'm an imbecile , ’ Jenna muttered frustratedly . |
| 15 | ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , ‘ that he still thinks I 'm the person he used to know when we all lived in the old hole in the bank . |
| 16 | He goes I 'm an alien , I 'm going into space but on the way I caught cornflakes disease aargh ! |
| 17 | Glenn , who has one daughter and two grand-daughters , said he was very impressed with the NHS but thinks his was a case of being in the right place at the right time . |
| 18 | REFUSING drugs to a person who needs them is a disgrace to the medical profession — but this is exactly what some heart-care units in opt-out hospitals are doing . |
| 19 | What worries me is the fate of the fox if hunting stops . |
| 20 | ‘ What worries me is the assumption in the town is that the replay result is a foregone conclusion . |
| 21 | What they seem to do is indicate , often in very complex ways , just how the utterance that contains them is a response to , or a continuation of , some portion of the prior discourse . |
| 22 | The first thing he said the next day was ( no pretending ) has she been a bitch to you ? |
| 23 | But the reason he loves her is the reason she is hard to hold . |
| 24 | The tour is almost over , but has it been a success . |
| 25 | Has it been a nuisance having them ? |
| 26 | Or has it been a build up over a ye number of years |
| 27 | Yeah but how many , how many times has it been a shop ? |
| 28 | Has it been a result of clear theological arguments ? |
| 29 | Nor has it been the result of government action and state control . |
| 30 | Has he been a bit short with you ? ’ |