Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 2 | The band 's press coverage has generally been excellent and Houghton thinks it is a consequence of the group 's organised , professional outlook . |
| 3 | Mick Houghton thinks it was a mistake to line up Wells with the band . |
| 4 | Those who work with Herefords say they 're a delight to handle . |
| 5 | Opponents say it 's a policy doomed to fail — creating massive environmental damage . |
| 6 | Our adverts say we 're the professionals , the experts , the specialists . |
| 7 | If she asks what that is on my chest say it 's a volume thing like a rad say it 's , it 's a radio . |
| 8 | The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall . |
| 9 | But some consumer groups say it 's a con . |
| 10 | Yeah but how many , how many times has it been a shop ? |
| 11 | ‘ Berta thinks she 's a Highland dancer . ’ |
| 12 | On the data side it 's a run-of-the-mill 2,400bps modem which supports the following standards : V21 ( 300bps ) , V22 ( 1,200bps ) , V22bis ( 2,400bps ) and V23 ( 1200/75bps ) . |
| 13 | I was a bit nervous about that because , even at the best of times , Jean thinks I 'm a pain in the neck . |
| 14 | The English Basketball Association say it 's a question of strength … not just skill . |
| 15 | The Scottish Prison Officers Association say it 's a move towards privatisation . |
| 16 | Hunt supporters say it 's a victory for democracy — anti hunt campaigners have vowed to continue their fight to get hunting banned . |
| 17 | The Olympic weightlifter Andrew Saxton who was sent home from Barcelona after a positive drugs test may be allowed to compete after all.The British Olympic Association says it is a possibility . |
| 18 | What 's caus David says it 's a lack of vitamins , |
| 19 | Mr Constantin believed it was no accident and escaped to France . |
| 20 | Gregory says he was the son of a slave and that he came to prominence in the household of king Charibert , whence he was promoted to being comes of Tours . |
| 21 | Stanislavsky says it 's the multiplication table syndrome . |
| 22 | Daughter recently had a child ; father a question mark but gossip says it 's the undertaker . ’ |
| 23 | The cab driver looks at Jenny 's legs like she was a whore or something . |
| 24 | Many of those involved with the programme believe it was an experiment that was designed to fail . |
| 25 | In terms of identifying himself with the peoples suffering it was a disaster . |
| 26 | Michaela finds she is no fool |
| 27 | We wasted days and days dancing in the Pink Pussy Club , yawning at Fat Mattress at the Croydon Greyhound , ogling strippers on Sunday mornings in a pub , sleeping through Godard and Antonioni films , and enjoying the fighting at Millwall Football Ground , where I forced Changez to wear a bobble-hat over his face in case the lads saw he was a Paki and imagined I was one too . |
| 28 | I think David thought he was the artist and he knew what he wanted to do — which I think is actually true — the artist basically does know what he wants to do — but I think the manager should just be there to sort out the finance and try to keep you on a the straight and narrow . |
| 29 | Meredith thought it was the smile of the cat who 'd found a whole vat of cream . |
| 30 | NIACRO knew he was a sex offender but was prohibited by law from passing that information onto the ambulance group . |