Example sentences of "[pron] be [det] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the evidence leads many scientists to believe that God made the world , whereas other scientists look at the same evidence and believe that it all happened by chance and that the world , the solar system , you and me are all just the result of a lucky string of enormous flukes ! |
| 2 | As far as much of the rest of the world is concerned , we 're all just a bunch of queers . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're all just a bunch of crazies , ’ being one of them . |
| 4 | But there is that again a confusion So a target that perhaps election by thirds reduces public interest , possibly reduces turn out . |
| 5 | The problem is that if a hotel reneges on its contract with a tour operator , there is little else the tour operator can do other than take legal action for breach of contract . |
| 6 | ‘ But it 's all just a coincidence ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 7 | It 's all just a myth . |
| 8 | Doubtless it 's all just a safety precaution and will come to nothing . |
| 9 | Dear Julie gets drunk and for some bizarre reason suddenly starts feeling you up under the table while we 're nibbling our cheese and biscuits , and making pathetic double-entendres , and attacks you outside the bathroom ; totally unprovoked , of course , and it 's all just the drink talking . |
| 10 | It is all largely a matter of trial and error to find the string that will suit you best . |
| 11 | If it is all just a matter of philosophy , then anyone can voice an opinion on it , and there may be differing views of what ‘ humanity ’ consists of behind it all . |
| 12 | It is all really a matter of manual dexterity and self-confidence . |
| 13 | It was all rather a relief . |
| 14 | For an unpretentious suburban Gasthof it was all rather a surprise . |
| 15 | At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore . |
| 16 | Helen replied enigmatically that it was all just a question of experience . |
| 17 | Ruth was beginning to feel it was all just a dream ; part of her mind felt detached , quite separate from her body . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , a self-declared ring-leader , Paul Taylor , shouting from the roof tops , has claimed that it was all just a sit-in protest that got out of control . |
| 19 | It was all just a moment 's mental aberration ! |
| 20 | It was all just a sort of angry joke because the rest of the gang , and Ashton in particular , would n't agree with him about the best way to fill holes in . |
| 21 | But he was n't frightened , because he knew that it was all just a joke , a little comedy of the kind fathers like to play with their sons . |
| 22 | Maybe it was all just a game to him , these stirring pulses and loaded glances , and chemical reactions . |
| 23 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
| 24 | It was all only an excuse . |