Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pers pn] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Arabic , for example , is ambiguous in respect of whether it is the copy or the itself that Yusuf Bali — who held the kadilik of Bursa for a time in the 840s-wrote ; and , on the evidence of the signature alone , it seems entirely possible that at some point , perhaps during his kadilik , he made a copy of the which Molla Husrev subsequently attested to be a true copy . |
| 2 | This can lie done irrespective of whether it was the victim who brought the prosecution . |
| 3 | However , when they are separated from a Sunday morning congregation in a Sunday School they can easily be made to feel as if they are the Church of tomorrow . |
| 4 | He ordered that the proceeds of sale be treated as if they were the cargo for all purposes . |
| 5 | If a husband and wife are the adopters they have the same rights as against one another , and as against the adopted child , as if they were the child 's natural father and mother . |
| 6 | She then asks what kind of day each has had , telling them to answer as if they were the other . |
| 7 | She leaned across the table to Wickham as if she were the man facing MacQuillan . |
| 8 | She looked down at him , piteously , as if she were the child . |
| 9 | It was as if she were the child , cornered and reasoned into giving an explanation , and Lucy the teacher with all of the patience and the pressure working for her . |
| 10 | Trust Claire to act as if she were the centre of attention . |
| 11 | She spoke , Ruth thought , as if she were the mistress of a large establishment in London instead of a country vicar 's wife in a remote Yorkshire dale . |
| 12 | And , as if she were the therapist and the journalist the patient , Eleanor ushered Valerie from the door . |
| 13 | They addressed her as if she was the equivalent of a Sheikha . |
| 14 | Then she brought his lips against hers again and kissed him long and lasciviously as if she was the man and he the woman … |
| 15 | Unwilling admiration wrung from Jess a kind of exasperated protectiveness , as if she was the mistress and Miss Phoebe in her care . |
| 16 | The Frenchman treated me like a son ; his wife was a little more distant and cool so I complimented her and brought her small gifts , wooing her as if she was the maid . |
| 17 | He acts as if he is the creator of the Christian community , as if his dream binds men together . |
| 18 | as if he was the clerk who was happy to help me with my transaction . |
| 19 | She sensed Corbett 's mood and insisted Maltote change out of his rain-drenched clothes and have something to eat before her husband began to interrogate him as if he was the King 's Master Torturer in the Tower . |
| 20 | Beside him Vauban seemed to share the joke ; that extraordinary bastard leaned against the arm of the throne as if he was the king 's brother , openly stifling a yawn at Dacourt 's ponderous phrases . |
| 21 | Very ordinary ladies , but worshipped their brother as if he was the Messiah . |
| 22 | ( 6 ) The person to whom an occasional permission is granted shall ensure that the provisions of this Act or any byelaws or regulations made thereunder relating to the conduct of licensed premises are observed in the premises or place in respect of which the permission was granted as if he were the holder of a public house licence , and if he contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence : Provided that it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under this subsection if he proves that he used due diligence to prevent the occurrence of the offence . |
| 23 | He had sat in front of her , in the square little room which was used as a study , as if he were the suppliant , and had seen her sharp little eyes , black as currants , move round the room , noting the gaps in the shelves where Father Kendrick 's leatherbound volumes had been stacked , the meagre rug in front of the gas fire , his few prints stacked against the wall . |
| 24 | They never called me nigger ’ — was innocent at first , but then taken up as if he were the provocateur of a national crisis . |
| 25 | He is up and about before his father and he gets his father up , as if he were the parent and his father the sleepy child . |
| 26 | Finally , ‘ Christendom ’ itself has betrayed Jesus by domesticating him as if he were the possession of the church , and by making faith the acceptance of formulae and practices hallowed by the authority of the past . |
| 27 | The men around this table had come to accept his leadership also , more and more as if he were the President . |
| 28 | George , who was to be in charge of the wires , having earlier walked round her as if he were the hangman measuring her for the drop , said Mary Deare would come into her own when she flew . |
| 29 | Each department acts as if it is the purchaser of another department 's production and then ‘ sells ’ on materials that it has processed for the next stage of production . |
| 30 | Answer : While SUM looks as if it is the command that you need , in fact it is just a way of selecting records , as you have discovered . |