Example sentences of "[indef pn] be [verb] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But thank God someone 's doing some classy work in this crumby country , eh ? ’ |
| 2 | Someone was masterminding this whole operation . ’ |
| 3 | GUSHIEST COMMENT : ‘ The greatest thing you can do do when you love somebody is to make another human being . ’ |
| 4 | I think two of the big changes that I would like to see happening , and I think are beginning to happen , one is to put much less stress on the content of history , which in many cases is , is less important , than the learning the skills of a historian . |
| 5 | It 's a fairly low risk erm threat at the moment , air strikes are cheap er they 're not particularly dangerous whether they 're effective or not is another matter , er and there 's no immediate come back on the domestic scene because no one is expecting any one state to be the saviour in that particular situation . |
| 6 | If one is to avoid this simple circularity , then one must explain standing for in terms of some natural relation between particulars . |
| 7 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 8 | The band , Deep Throat , were playing all these Brontosaurus Rex numbers instead of that underground what they usually play and everyone was doing this smart dance . |