Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
| 2 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
| 3 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 4 | I have driven along that road to Scotland many times and I know that beyond my hon. Friend 's constituency it is not so good . |
| 5 | Where Janice is concerned , Stevely said he had watched , almost spellbound , as she turned , in the space of 12 months , from " a seemingly ordinary nine handicapper " into the Scottish Girls ' Champion she is today . |
| 6 | We had never moved , always living in the same place , 18 Ravensworth Road , Kensal Green A late Victorian artisan 's house it was , a two-up-two-down with me and my parents on the top floor . |
| 7 | If there is an entity identifiable as ‘ the topic of conversation ’ , the analyst should consider what evidence from each individual speaker 's contributions he is using to make that identification . |
| 8 | Doi ruthlessly exploited the difficulties which the 1989 Recruit scandal caused for the LDP and as the personification of the nascent Japanese women 's movement she was successful in attracting female voters who had become disillusioned with the political process and estranged from the ruling party . |
| 9 | It was a cast-off fireman 's jacket he was wearing . |
| 10 | If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video . |
| 11 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 12 | The world is in front of Stephen and behind him , as in some terrible children 's game he is caught in the middle of a circle , in a kind of nowhere . |
| 13 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 14 | Delia Cope believes by listening to Black women 's poems she is doing us a favour . |
| 15 | But on that particular winter 's night I am recollecting the dining room was for some reason out of use , and Lord Darlington was dining with a solitary guest — I believe it was Sir Richard Fox , a colleague from his lordship 's Foreign Office days — in the vastness of the banqueting hall . |
| 16 | In the Supreme Court 's opinion it was clear that the tipper ( Secrist ) had not breached his duty since he did not disclose the information with the purpose of gaining some direct or indirect personal benefit . |
| 17 | I du n no quite how erm er much er of other people 's conversation it 's picking up but it 's probably picking me up er |
| 18 | BT are damn stupid and charge too much for using their networks , so when you use other people 's passwords you are probably going to be ripping off a company like ICI or even BT . ’ |
| 19 | But for the bony discomfort of the seats and the pressure of other people 's legs it was quite pleasant to take our time . |
| 20 | From my thirteen-year-old daughter 's account it is still as uncritical as it was in my own schooldays . |
| 21 | But pretty soon into the new model 's life it was clear that adverse press reaction was far from Ford 's biggest worry . |
| 22 | In Elizabethan days , rosemary shoots were tied with coloured ribbon , tipped with gold and given to guests at weddings to symbolize love and faithfulness , and on New Year 's Day it was a gift for guests , together with an orange stuck with cloves . |
| 23 | Then very shortly after her birth on New Year 's Day it was realised she had a heart problem . |
| 24 | In the New Year 's programme we are planning to share the experiences and ideas of a wide range of teachers to show their individual approaches to various aspects of the lesson . |
| 25 | They know that if an item has the Royal Navy 's endorsement it is bound to be of good quality . |
| 26 | When Gardiner was considering the Royal Commission 's Report he was asked by its Secretary if he appreciated that , for the first time , a Minister would become answerable to Parliament for the working of the higher courts , including the delays and other initial setbacks that might be expected . |
| 27 | In true Burrows ' fashion she was looking forward to it and convinced that this was what God wanted her to do . |
| 28 | The joy of a sorrowing mother 's heart he is — her one and only White Rose ! ’ |