Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But this was because it was one-sided , they used to lock it from the outside and there was a catch on the inside as they could put in . |
| 32 | People were most conscious of how far they were from their family in times of crisis , when someone was sick or dying and they were a couple of continents away separated by a long slow haul by boat and train . |
| 33 | He became abusive and violent and there was a struggle and the injured officer 's colleague managed to arrest him . |
| 34 | He became abusive and violent and there was a struggle and the injured officer 's colleague managed to arrest him . |
| 35 | The cause of these has not yet been found , but they can be very serious and there is a chance that he will be mentally handicapped . |
| 36 | Love of family , of children , of life itself ; love of God , though she is a devout Muslim and I am a Christian ; shared curiosity , and genuine pleasure in each other 's company . |
| 37 | Erm well what 's come out you see , you did finish early and there are a lot of , if you like , no , they were n't red herrings but laissez needed a bit further probing like on the income , thirty five thousand , yeah , but is there anything else , well yeah there 's the car , there 's the all of those are pensionable . |
| 38 | The only money they put in to the chief executives and their two yearly pay re review performances that they get , for cutting other people 's wages or contracting Health Services and for somebody to have to travel that distance for a , to die , is absolutely appalling and it 's a disgrace . |
| 39 | but of course erm as a sort of public to the er , er a gesture to the public erm but one stage during the war when things were getting a bit grim on the war front , it was decided that erm , we should work extra hours as erm , to show that we were pulling our weight , so we used to , instead of starting at nine o'clock until erm half past five , and working on Saturdays as well of course , erm , we had to start at half past eight and finish at six and it was a bit of a fiasco really because nobody erm , you know , well the end of the half past five you were pretty well tired out so erm the rest of the time |
| 40 | A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’ |
| 41 | Perhaps not enough information is sought , the headings are too vague and there is a shortage of space . |
| 42 | The ground was lumpy and bumpy and there was a thistle somewhere that I kept rolling over on to , but I did n't care , I was helpless , and so was he . |
| 43 | ‘ My older son would like to make friends , too — he gets so bored and he is a bit jealous of the baby . |
| 44 | Erm , on annex A , Mr is quite right and there is a mistake there . |
| 45 | Perhaps you were right and there is a demon fundamentalist within us all , which we need to be constantly battle against — or at least made aware of . |
| 46 | Later , Crawford generously conceded to Sherrin that the decision was right and it was a lesson in not using substandard material . |
| 47 | But they 're they 're very disadvantaged and they 're a bit of an eyesore . |
| 48 | they sent it back , I think , I thought the twelve was , was quite good actually , I thought the twelve when they went up at twelve , but then when they changed it back to the junior and infants it was the elev , the eleven and it was a bit , I think it , you know eleven might be perhaps too young , I think twelve is a reasonable |
| 49 | The action on the EX is quite low and there is a tendency for some notes to buzz when plucked hard . |
| 50 | Their activities are perfectly normal and it is a pity that adults are sometimes over-ready to become uptight about it . |
| 51 | The clerk is polite and there is a jug of water and a clean glass on the bedside table . |
| 52 | twin compact disc seven , two , eight and there 's a twin compact disc as well |
| 53 | I settle to a large Lagavulin in relief , and watch Martin Stephenson illustrate just why he is a full-time professional and I am a dilettante moonlighting journalist with the eternal excuse that there might be a column in it . |
| 54 | There 's a few thirties and there 's a couple I think probably in their forties but when it comes to the high impact they do n't do it they just step it out you know . |
| 55 | There 'll be an announcement about that and there 's a team being put together to do the implementation . |
| 56 | Can I ask you just to sign that to say you know that and there 's a copy here for you . |
| 57 | ‘ There are days like that and it is a matter of making sure you are in the right place at the right time . |
| 58 | But there is a cost of that and it 's a cost that people will recognise . |
| 59 | It 's as stark as that and it 's a nonsense . |
| 60 | Souness said : ‘ Paul 's strong and he 's a competitor . |