Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My ambition is to have a different look each day so that I ca n't be labelled . ’ |
| 2 | As you know , my intention is to have a perfect record of the island from prehistoric to present times . |
| 3 | My practice is to place a modest-sized bet on two races , and not surprisingly my choice is the Grand National and the Derby . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , my plan 's to form a British chapter of the Monkey Wrench Gang and blow the bugger to pieces . |
| 5 | It is because my daddy is getting a new car . ’ |
| 6 | My aim is to see a strong and united country in which people work together with common aims . |
| 7 | The scheme for managerial pay set out above essentially refers to the pay framework for a manager in a plc , but my aim is to provide a comparative analysis . |
| 8 | My aim is to make a photographic record of these countries before the developing world we live in changes them forever . |
| 9 | My aim was to secure a good head of each species and , in consequence , except when I shot for meat , I shot selectively and seldom . |
| 10 | It 's you know and my pride was getting a little bit dented that I 'd been selling market for years suddenly I was n't doing this . |
| 11 | What I had meant to say was that he was being inducted as a churchwarden , and the two of them had gone off for the ceremony — my friend was having a busy day ! |
| 12 | My object was to get a straight edge easily , but there was a definite risk of lifting small particles of colour as it was take off and my aim was to minimise the need for retouching . |
| 13 | In the picture my father was holding a portrait-sized photograph of his first wife , Eric 's mother , and she was the only one who was smiling . |
| 14 | Well my father was earning a good money . |
| 15 | My concern is to address a different and very specific issue . |
| 16 | My daughter is planning a Tibetan exhibition . |
| 17 | The object of my journey was to deliver a little shoal of Knight Gobies Stigmatogobius sadanundio a fish from brackish water in Indonesia , Burma , India and the Philippines . |
| 18 | My brief was to provide a large painting of London with the Thames and the Richard Rogers Lloyd 's building somewhere in view , to fit a space that was large , long and thin in one of the client 's boardrooms at the Royal Mint . |
| 19 | Her father , a net maker , earned a " scanty subsistence " which was " not much enlarged by my mother 's keeping a little day-school for the girls in her neighbourhood " . |
| 20 | My mother was left a sufficient income . |
| 21 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 22 | Their function is to stimulate a pragmatic approach to teaching and teacher education . |
| 23 | Their crusade was to preserve a particular style of life , or culture , from increasing erosion in American society . |
| 24 | The simplest way to test for their presence is to evaporate a known volume of water to small bulk and dye a swatch of cotton and synthetic-fibre material . |
| 25 | From where she stood , Melissa could see them only in profile , but she had a shrewd idea that they were holding hands and that Dora 's apparent indifference to their presence was concealing a mounting irritation . |
| 26 | Her heart was beating a slow , hard rhythm . |
| 27 | Her tea was getting a vigorous stirring , so that it swirled around the cup . |
| 28 | To begin with , her department is launching a three-year project on residential child care . |
| 29 | In its light was revealed a thin face , with skin so pale that it was almost translucent , whose high cheekbones emphasised the hollows below and under her brows . |
| 30 | After lunch in the restaurant Her Majesty was given a guided tour of the house by Director-General Angus Stirling which included opportunities to meet the donor , Mr. Henry Harpur-Crewe . |