Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only , therefore , was William party to the decision to request continuation of the supervision order , but he now looks back and agrees it was the right decision . |
| 2 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
| 3 | She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her . |
| 4 | In the case of both /Ε/; and /a/ it is the persons for whom the vowel has less significance as a network marker who seem to be leading the linguistic change . |
| 5 | Manipulation of ‘ needs ’ by both creating them and satisfying them is the process by which social control is effected . |
| 6 | Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company . |
| 7 | if you 'd of gone to them for advice and say which is the better buy , which will was wash better and why , you know , I want I want |
| 8 | Erm and when the assignment er that you are sent or when the assignment comes to the top of the pile they look around the er organization and say who is the most suitably er geographically er situated and who is the most available who is gon na be available . |
| 9 | OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there . |
| 10 | It would exclude , on the other hand , those crucial processes of working and reworking which are the specifics , as distinct from the abstractable elements , of important art . |
| 11 | Er , we call on Labour Mem Members of Parliament to give their support in each of these areas mentioned , and we do constantly have a dialogue and provide what is the union line in terms of erm these particular er issues . |
| 12 | ‘ And you knew Feargal , knew his name , knew he came from Slane , and assumed it was the same family . ’ |
| 13 | Today the Bangor editor said : ‘ We are determined to emulate our team and show we are the top dogs in north Down . |
| 14 | The choice of McLeish as captain will , Roxburgh believes , remove an unwanted , additional pressure from McStay 's shoulders and let him be the midfield schemer who orchestrates the emphatic victory essential to Scotland 's progress . |
| 15 | Lot number one hundred and ten one hundred and ten is the bucket-shaped saki pot and cover there 's the pot and cover for ten pounds at ten pounds , fifteen at the back now fifteen is offered and selling for fifteen only , at fifteen pounds , you all done ? |
| 16 | Anne Cullen has spent nearly half of her twenty two years of married life pregnant … and says she 's the happiest mum in the world . |
| 17 | I just turned round and says mine was the cheapest price anyway ! |
| 18 | No two days are the same for the Buildings Branch and says it 's the variety which makes his job so enjoyable . |
| 19 | Then he makes up this funny word and says it 's the name of a disease by which his brain is rotting away . |
| 20 | Her sister thinks of this pain all day and night and says it is the worst part and I think it is , worse even than how it is to end . |
| 21 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 22 | ‘ The chairman of the bench denies falling asleep and says it was the way he was sitting in his chair , ’ he said . |
| 23 | When all 's said and done it 's the character that counts . ’ |
| 24 | I think I 'd better go backstage and see what 's the matter . ’ |
| 25 | yes it 's Richard , wait a minute , lets go down and see what 's the matter with Ri , what 's the matter Richard ? |
| 26 | While the scrubbing was done Mrs Morey found an occupation which would involve the children , and going there was the highlight of their lives . |
| 27 | Duncan Campbell Macewan , who for ten years had managed a sheep station in Australia bigger than Islay , had come home and claimed he was the oldest feuer in Bowmore and was one of the few whose feu was for life " while water runs and grass grows , " When the chairman asked " Do you suffer from late harvests ? " he was told " Sometimes , not very often . " |
| 28 | Duncan Campbell Macewan , who for ten years had managed a sheep station in Australia bigger than Islay , had come home and claimed he was the oldest feuer in Bowmore and was one of the few whose feu was for life " while water runs and grass grows , " When the chairman asked " Do you suffer from late harvests ? " he was told " Sometimes , not very often . " |
| 29 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 30 | He reaches into his bag , brings out a sandwich , then stands up and inspects it is the projector beam to see what it contains . |