Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The satellite picture gives us a good indication of what 's to come this weekend . |
| 2 | Now I love the Labour Party and a lot of what was said this morning was painful . |
| 3 | According to an early eighteenth-century edition of an early Han source , it was reported of the emperor Wen that he ‘ acquired a drinking cup of jade , on which was carved this inscription : ‘ Master of Mankind , may Thy Life be prolonged to the great delight of this world ! |
| 4 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour , which is Christ the Lord . |
| 5 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord . ’ |
| 6 | And I would like to say thank you to the people who sit on the budget review sub- committee , a committee which actually I do n't attend as often as I probably ought to , particularly to the labour spokesperson , for the way he 's guided the committee , both from within the chair and at other times , on it 's work this year , to be able to propose a budget which erm , so well fulfils the aims that many of us had when we were elected in May , which were of course , to maintain services , er , to squeeze efficiency out of the sy into the system and squeeze any waste out , and to get our officers working towards zero base budgets . |