Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I HAVE been engaged twice before , but they were only kid 's stuff as I was 17 and 19 at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's just Mia 's jealousy because he preferred me . ’ |
| 3 | It was not Gandhi 's intention when he originally decided to fast to exert moral coercion on the mill-owners , since coercion in any form was contrary to the aims of satyāgraha , yet despite the unexpected result of his fast Gandhi still felt that he had acted correctly in the circumstances.m The experience did not prevent him either from using fasts as a form of satyāgraha on other occasions with similar results . |
| 4 | Herself , she felt only the irony ; hell was nearer Adam 's experience than paradise . |
| 5 | It was n't Angela 's boss cos she asked h she went down for you this mor er half past twelve . |
| 6 | It was n't Dana 's fault if Roman preferred her to her twin ; he had wanted Claudia , but once had been enough . |
| 7 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 8 | And Murdoch was again Thistle 's hero when he blocked a close range shot from Trevor Steven . |