Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] be [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | T his is a true waste of resources . |
2 | ‘ I thought , if I tell the driver I 'm a real archbishop and I 'll pay him the other end he 'll just say , ‘ Oh , stuff it , mate ! ' ’ |
3 | Okay , erm I 'm a littl I 'm a little bit I 'm a little bit worried about er this er exploitation of people and security because they 've got no proven record and no medical evidence , if he was that good this guy will be a millionaire and people will be growing hair all the time , to put somebody on the chair , without knowing if that person 's got blood pressure or heart problems , they could suffer from a s a stroke erm have er or be partially paralysed , so I I think I like to see this man here maybe in ten fifteen years time with proper proven er medical evidence . |
4 | Someone has to do something about it , and of course I 'm the obvious person . |
5 | By the end of the afternoon I was a nervous wreck . |
6 | But once at university I was an apt student . |
7 | If you call him Moke I 'm the only person that calls i that calls him that , so he 'll know who you 're related to . |
8 | ‘ I 'll show these scoundrels I 'm an honest woman , ’ said my mother . |
9 | In your mind I was a scarlet woman and could be nothing else . |
10 | No but you would 've said to me to , you know I had no one there Catriona , I was the only girl in the shack I was the only girl there and it was just so |
11 | If she is not data she is an intervening variable to be eliminated . |
12 | By the way just for the tape she 's a right fuck . |
13 | Five B status is going to bring in two to three million a year over the next five years , the total cost of running the scheme is one point three million pounds , in effect we 're a net contributor |
14 | Cabinet colleague on Chris Patten , scriptwriter to the PM We are an easy target , just 14 defenceless women with no expertise . |
15 | You could see in some of their eyes they were a little bit |
16 | In the public mind they 're a single entity . |
17 | Yeah , you 'll have to learn about woman Toby they 're a funny bunch of creatures . |
18 | Winners They were the clever deal makers with an impeccable and infallible sense of timing |
19 | It is learning about religion it 's an educational process and it has an importance , whether it 's learning about religion and whether its learning it as a cultural , historical and a religious er tradition of the country and that is what is important . |
20 | Bradley Star is a very nice horse he 's a classy performer this one , Josh Gifford 's horses are in tremendous form and I was talking to the man who who rides him Deckland Murphy he 's my next door neighbour he thinks he 'll run a big race . |
21 | ‘ Yes , quite … ’ said the Matron , and to Alida 's ears it was a firm interruption . |
22 | But I have no doubts it was the right move for Newcastle and the right move for Mick . |
23 | We were in bed — probably the worst place , but when you 've got three kids it 's the only place you can talk . |
24 | On parents ' evening/parents ' consultation sessions it 's a good idea to invite neighbouring schools serving other phases to send displays of photographs , children 's work , brochures , prospectuses etc to be arranged for the parents to view as they pass through the school during the evening . |
25 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |
26 | Play allowed to continue , forwards towards , he 's had a good game tonight if it 's even if it 's not his regular position he 's been pushed there by and as a result it 's a free kick to Shrewsbury Town . |
27 | The next time I open my eyes it is the following day . |
28 | In my eyes it was a Persian carpet . |
29 | The infant was at once created Prince of Wales , to indicate that in Jacobite eyes he was the real heir to the throne of England , and the Young Pretender was soon to become universally known as Bonnie Prince Charlie . |
30 | If we are above government guidelines it is the labour party 's fault and if indeed we are penalised in the future it is the labour party 's fault , none other and to the extent that you run the risk now by having this excess eleven percent budget over the er standing expenditure assessment er will once again unfortunately find you guilty in that regard . |