Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [pers pn] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Statistics show it is a common experience , but for the individuals involved , it is almost always traumatic and frequently a crisis which shatters their whole way of life . ’ |
| 2 | I treat it as a compliment that people say I 'm a marked man now , though I doubt it 's true . ’ |
| 3 | Some people say he 's a famous opera singer who likes to come incognito back to his roots . |
| 4 | ‘ People say he 's a nice guy . |
| 5 | People say she 's a good swimmer but she 's big |
| 6 | ‘ Some people think we 're a black arts centre . |
| 7 | ‘ People think I am a natural , but everything I 've achieved I 've worked at , ’ says the man who was the league 's MVP in 1987 and the Super Bowl MVP the following season . |
| 8 | People think you are a good woman , but you are lying to them ! ’ |
| 9 | ’ People think it 's a cruel way of doing it but it is n't really , because there 'll be shooting snaring and gasing , which is worse that the way we do it ’ ’ Foxes have to be controlled , fox hunting in the last 250 years have controlled the numbers beautifully ’ |