Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , I do n't think I 'm the right person to lead humanity into the future , no . |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'm the only volunteer who 's ashamed of their early attitude to AIDS and I 'm only glad that we had the sense , collectively , to listen to reason before the calls began . |
| 3 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 4 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 5 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 6 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |
| 7 | The most powerful ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ are those taken for the learning of shamanic powers , and in the Piaroa theory of knowledge , men who do undergo them are the best hunters in Piaroaland , even if they rarely hunt ( Overing 1988 ) . |
| 8 | I love to go out dancing but you wo n't catch me being the first on the dance floor ! |
| 9 | ‘ How do you know I am the only one they targeted ? |
| 10 | " Do n't you know which is the right one yet ? " |
| 11 | ‘ Excuse me , ’ she said , ‘ but would you know which is the nearest big police station in this area ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know which is the madder , ’ Cranston muttered , ‘ the bear or Red Hand ! ’ |
| 13 | It is particularly useful when you want to know the difference between 2 values , but you do n't know which is the larger . |
| 14 | I still do n't know do n't know which is the top grill the oven the top oven the bottom oven . |
| 15 | I have not yet been given any reason for our lack of success on this occasion , and I do not yet know which were the successful applicants . |
| 16 | I do know she was the subtlest of nags . |
| 17 | Do you know who was the first to coach the men 's and women 's champions in one year ? |
| 18 | Erm I shall pass no comment on those , but I do know whose was the lowest bid . |
| 19 | How do we know they 're the proper people to have sight of these — documents ? |
| 20 | You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't know about that , but I do know it 's the only good look I 'm going to get for months so I 'm making the most of it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Did you know it 's the biggest bank in the United States ? ’ |
| 23 | A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it |
| 24 | There was something at St Michael 's but I did n't know it was the one world week . |
| 25 | I do n't know he 's the same s in South Ronaldsay or not would he be different s ? |
| 26 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Anyone who uses the East-Coast mainline will recognise it is the biggest investment since the steam age . ’ |
| 28 | So , really I do n't know what 's the best way to start , just ask you give a brief resume of where you 're at , if you 've done if you 've got it in hand , if you have n't got it hand erm and then perhaps when we 've done that we might er look at possible resources and stuff get off now . |
| 29 | The company should know what are the future consequences of its existing investments and commitments , and ought to be able to describe , at least in broad terms , some of the most probable scenarios it is likely to face during the next few years . |
| 30 | ‘ He will know what is the right thing to do and so will the people who manage the building where the fight is being held . ’ |