Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It will be best if my hon. Friend succeeds in catching your eye , Mr. Deputy Speaker , so that he can deal with those matters himself . |
2 | But there 's many a missus as needs to be home when her old man comes in from work on a Thursday , if she 's to get her proper share of his pay-packet . |
3 | He said he 'd been please because his own jockey hated the horse . ’ |
4 | But the overwhelming majority of the palace 's clients when I was in the North-East were local men , and nearly half — the biggest single category — were there because their own homes had been disbanded . |
5 | There is enough for I 1 croutons . |
6 | If he appears to believe , it is only because his underlying lack of conviction is covered by other supports for faith , such as the encouragement of fellow believers , so that the weakness is not exposed . |
7 | Oh , and the ward clerk 's away because her little boy has chickenpox , so that 's more work for us , unless they can send us a replacement . ’ |
8 | That 's generally if they both desire integration so it 's not just done on the part of one person . |
9 | It is partly because our Western diets are varied ( and healthily so , because this ensures a wide range of necessary vitamins and minerals ) that we are tempted to overeat . |
10 | This is partly because my personal experience of the rest of the world is limited . |
11 | But it is also because their own specialist interests have led them in other directions . |
12 | The others had gone willingly , but the drivers had a feeling of resentment from the start ; army pay was less than their civilian earnings . |
13 | It was only because his repeated invitations had made her think that maybe the young man did need the support of someone familiar that she had agreed to come to Lisbon — and because , after a hardworking summer , she had been in need of a break . |
14 | Unconditional surrender was more than his fragile ego could bear . |
15 | But this change was chiefly because her international exposure was making her more sophisticated . |