Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am sure that what determined her to write to me was this paragraph : ‘ The author we most admire has rightly said that people do not know about families ; but Stephen and I know . |
| 2 | Last time a man wanted to sleep with her was last night . |
| 3 | I said you know what 's all about and to start with it 's bloody nonsense . |
| 4 | To start with it was pure cockiness . |
| 5 | To start with it was pure cockiness . |
| 6 | Gloucester was thus territorially the heir of the junior line , and the willingness of lord Neville , heir of the senior line , to ally with him is eloquent testimony to Gloucester 's domination of the north . |
| 7 | Gloucester was thus territorially the heir of the junior line , and the willingness of lord Neville , heir of the senior line , to ally with him is eloquent testimony to Gloucester 's domination of the north . |
| 8 | What you have to instill in them is that losing is insulting to their pride . |
| 9 | No , us , well , right to get in it 's two pound , two pound fifty . |
| 10 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot said : ‘ Our best two displays of the season have been against Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday this holiday weekend , and all we have to show for them is one point . ’ |
| 11 | So far London had taken Peter over thirteen years , and all he had to show for it was six box files bulging with notes , newspaper cuttings and botched openings . |
| 12 | The work they had done that morning was trifling and all they had to show for it was rough shelter and little comfort . |