Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 6 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 7 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In this month 's column we 're taking a close look at jazz chord concepts . |
| 10 | After 10 minutes of this week 's edition I was too embarrassed to go on listening . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The way their luck has run in this year 's competition it is no idle dream . |
| 14 | The way their luck has run in this year 's competition it is no idle dream . |
| 15 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | If there is an entity identifiable as ‘ the topic of conversation ’ , the analyst should consider what evidence from each individual speaker 's contributions he is using to make that identification . |
| 19 | Doi ruthlessly exploited the difficulties which the 1989 Recruit scandal caused for the LDP and as the personification of the nascent Japanese women 's movement she was successful in attracting female voters who had become disillusioned with the political process and estranged from the ruling party . |
| 20 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 21 | It was a cast-off fireman 's jacket he was wearing . |
| 22 | If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video . |
| 23 | After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody . |
| 24 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 25 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 26 | With a knowledge of each other 's roles they are able to predict and comprehend the actions of the other . |
| 27 | Then it 's that person 's prerogative it 's up to him if he wants to show everyone else where the water is . |
| 28 | Of all Elinor 's friends he was the least likely to be suspected of her murder . |
| 29 | In spite of all Diana 's effort it was badly crushed in the short journey to St Paul 's . |
| 30 | For all George 's faults he was not a murderer . |