Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid she 's just a name to me . ’ |
| 2 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 3 | From this it was only a step to the French and English abbreviation ‘ jade ’ . |
| 4 | From 1972 he was also a dancing master and served as principal teacher until his final illness in 1991 . |
| 5 | ( For some it was simply a road to oblivion . ) |
| 6 | I 'm afraid it 's mainly a matter of waiting until their own natural defences beat off the viruses that cause it . |
| 7 | Well I believe in Twyman 's law — that when a statistic looks interesting it is usually a mistake . |
| 8 | These are not perfect they 're only a starting point . |
| 9 | The woman leaned across her typewriter and flashed a smile so chummy it was almost a grin . |
| 10 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 11 | There was no immediate threat but , even to an idiot , it was obvious SHe was virtually a prisoner in Club Eleusis now . |
| 12 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
| 13 | They started now as the sound of breaking china came to them , followed by Mrs Carver 's voice on a note so high-pitched it was almost a scream , as she cried , ‘ Out of me way ! |
| 14 | Most likely it was just a joke . |
| 15 | It just slows you down so that there are no longer enough hours in the day , and then some things get put off and other things are only half-completed and you 're told you need help — an assistant priest , no less , to concentrate , as the Bishop with his unfailing instinct for the wrong word put it , on ‘ the donkey work ’ ( well , perhaps after all I was only a beast of burden , Father McGiff conceded ) to give you ‘ a chance to relax , take life more easily , think a bit more , pray a bit more , meditate ’ . |
| 16 | After all I 'm only a girl , and not really important ! ’ |
| 17 | The masts may seem unsightly to those unused to them , but I am sure it is simply a matter of getting accustomed . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sure it 's just a matter of attitude of mind . |
| 19 | Although it has n't happened yet I 'm sure it 's only a matter of time before he makes a pass at me . |
| 20 | He was sure it was only a matter of time . |
| 21 | Yes it will be launched , a bit late next Wednesday the ninth February at the section , not a big splash at all it 's just a photo call for the press to come in and take such pictures and what have you . |
| 22 | After all it 's only a game , football is n't it ? |
| 23 | A RECORD number of 16-year-olds will stay on at schools and colleges next month — but for many it is simply a way of avoiding the dole queue . |
| 24 | [ … ] Where books were inadequate it was usually a result of their sketchy approach to a subject . |
| 25 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 26 | In the 1970s it was only a curiosity but around 1980 it had a renaissance when people discovered that in certain complicated molecules , involving both deuterium and tritium , the presence of a muon caused fusion to occur much faster than had been previously thought possible . |
| 27 | Given his hard-line views — in particular his anti-Spanish outlook , his personal hostility to Mary 's chief religious adviser , Cardinal Pole , and his inflexibility over the issue of ecclesiastical property-it was only a matter of time before relations between England and the Holy See foundered . |
| 28 | And as far as he 's concerned you 're just a nuisance , to be got rid of somehow , or at the very most , endured . |
| 29 | The promotion was nothing more than a device to give Richard Sharpe some status on the Prince of Orange 's staff , but so far as Sharpe himself was concerned he was still a Rifleman . |
| 30 | As far as he and I are concerned it 's just a number . |