Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's puzzling me is that phone-call Nicola had at the party . |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'm suspect numero uno any more ; I think McDunn at least believes me and that 's enough for now . |
| 3 | say they 're continuing Operation Screwdriver indefintely |
| 4 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 5 | Some say it 's heroic and romantic ; others say it 's pure science fiction . |
| 6 | A blessing for traffic planners and motorists , a disaster for campaigners who say it 's ruined country life . |
| 7 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 8 | What he told me was that M. Chaillot adored the company of women and would wish to charm me . |
| 9 | The Romans believed there were three sister Graces , befriended by the MUSES . |
| 10 | Anne Owers , director of Justice , a charity which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice , also says there are serious question marks over the conviction , which she describes as ‘ dodgy ’ . |
| 11 | Although recognizing that there are no realistic alternatives to some tests involving animals , Fentem says there are many animal tests for which alternatives do exist . |
| 12 | Menlo Park , California-based Objectivity Inc says its shipped over 50,000 development and runtime licences for Objectivity/DB and says there are 20 Objectivity applications in production . |
| 13 | Before leaving the kitchen I noticed there were dirty coffee cups and plates piled in the sink . |
| 14 | You may have noticed they are all tree oils ! |
| 15 | He says he 's tried guinea pig and dummy rabbit but there 's been no response and in answer to question says he hopesto she 'll break the diet tonight . |
| 16 | He says it 's upsetting seeing children on the side of the road begging for sweets or any item , it 's hard not to be affected |
| 17 | Bruce Tigwell says … the skill of it he says is being able to read the ground and go over bumps as quickly as you can … there are more skills in this than any other form of motoring … he says it 's fun motor sport and very friendly but the competition is still high … you can not buy the vehicles off the shelf you have to make them … top speed is 115 miles an hour but they rarely get the chance to go that fast |
| 18 | there are advantages erm and quite honestly if erm er the way I put it is that salary company car and BUPA and all that sort of thing |
| 19 | ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment . |
| 20 | The company behind the scam , Mandela , are refusing to fill in any more details , however , so we can only assume it 's another cash-in wind up . |
| 21 | There were very few groups that stayed together as a unit all the time ; you just got together and played what were current country hits , current pop hits , with whatever instrumentation you had . |
| 22 | I do n't think she 's full time work , no |
| 23 | Oxygen depletion will affect Orfe before other pond fish species , therefore on hot still nights when they are most at risk , ensure there is good water movement in the pond ( via a waterfall , venturi or fountain ) . |
| 24 | ‘ That is a little unfair when you consider there are 5,000 family area places where there has been no increase . |
| 25 | In THE CITY THAT TIME FORGOT there is little hip hop , house or club culture . |
| 26 | He also reckons there are underlying growth trends in the market for connecting personal computers to networks . |
| 27 | Er but I do n't believe it 's worthwhile doing manual on the cases , they will get picked up in the next data support run which runs two weeks afterwards , that 'll be erm beginning of May . |
| 28 | Da da da da da that 's love and I ca n't believe it 's true da da you better stop before you go and break my heart . |
| 29 | Now because of the changes to the use classes order and the B one office category , it 's not always clear what is central area offices , what is B one offices on industrial estates , so what we 've tried to do in terms of I five , I five has always essentially been there to deal with industrial development , |
| 30 | I 'd sit up in my room bashing out the blues like I was Blind Lemon Matlock . |