Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
| 2 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 3 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
| 4 | Does the fact that half of the sample of Conservative Members said that there should be no change in income tax in this Budget invalidate a survey in which well over half the hon. Lady 's colleagues who were consulted said that the basic rate of income tax should go up ? |
| 5 | She is ( I think ) the only one of this author 's deceivers who is finally caught out . |
| 6 | Yes he thought you were at college today because I said no , I said erm it 's Tuesday he goes cos Kathy said oh your dad could of come on Monday , oh what 's this lad 's name who was helping me today ? |
| 7 | This means that when they watch another group 's work they are affected by what they do , they 're all working within the same fictional context . |
| 8 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 9 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 10 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 11 | I have driven along that road to Scotland many times and I know that beyond my hon. Friend 's constituency it is not so good . |
| 12 | To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street . |
| 13 | He is appearing in the legal action for more than 800 Lloyd 's members who are trying to freeze their assets to prevent loss-making syndicates from calling in deposits at Lloyd 's . |
| 14 | Soon the bodies began to pile up here , too , and yet again the Collector and his men had to put their shoulders to the carnal barricade to prevent it from being ejected into the hall ; and yet again , as if in a dream , the Collector found his face an inch from that of an amused sepoy and thought : " It surely ca n't be the same man ! " for from this corpse 's moustache there was also a scent of patchouli . |
| 15 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 16 | In this month 's column we 're taking a close look at jazz chord concepts . |
| 17 | Those who have not been following the series are advised to read Part 1 ( November , 1991 issue ) since this gives certain background information about the National Curriculum and about this month 's topic which is information-transmission systems . |
| 18 | After 10 minutes of this week 's edition I was too embarrassed to go on listening . |
| 19 | Where Janice is concerned , Stevely said he had watched , almost spellbound , as she turned , in the space of 12 months , from " a seemingly ordinary nine handicapper " into the Scottish Girls ' Champion she is today . |
| 20 | One could hypothesise that there is some phonological clue to ethnicity in this speaker 's speech which is apparent to members of the black community but not to others . |
| 21 | I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating . |
| 22 | The move won Gordon the heavyweight Open title and provided a much-needed lift for a British men 's team who were inevitably overshadowed by the success of the women . |
| 23 | On a clear summer 's day there is no finer sea passage than the one along the eastern edge of the Minch , taking in all the sheer rugged beauty of the western highlands , then into the narrows of Raasay and Khylrea , the Sound of Sleat , on past the magical islands of Skye , Eigg Rhum and finally through the lovely Sound of Mull to the safe harbour of Oban . |
| 24 | The way their luck has run in this year 's competition it is no idle dream . |
| 25 | The way their luck has run in this year 's competition it is no idle dream . |
| 26 | At this year 's exhibition which was held in March , Johnson Matthey Catalytic Systems Division was invited to join the Department of Trade and Industry 's Technology Partnership Initiative . |
| 27 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
| 28 | The reshuffle clears the decks before Monday 's crucial scheduled central committee 's meeting which is expected to reveal alarming details about Bulgaria 's ailing economy and to tackle the problem of Mr Zhivkov 's internationally comdemned assimilation policy against the country 's Turkish minority . |
| 29 | We had never moved , always living in the same place , 18 Ravensworth Road , Kensal Green A late Victorian artisan 's house it was , a two-up-two-down with me and my parents on the top floor . |
| 30 | Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) . |