Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distinctions between them are greater and the guarantee of quality is more uncertain , so you have to rely on experience , advice and a decent shop to help . |
| 2 | Of course , at the end of the day they pay the same for them whether directly or through taxation , but if they pay for them directly , in return for service or as private insurance , then their incentives to work for them are greater and the economy benefits . |
| 3 | Only a proportion of them are successful and the rest must struggle as best they can to obtain mates . |
| 4 | Some of them are American and a subset of them have this risible attitude that they can get away with just making loads of noise and , as long as the audience is in a similarly altered state of mind , no-one will be the wiser . |
| 5 | I mean , suppose I am right and the glass ball did come from Vic 's collection . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , Brabin , J. then introduced an element of uncertainty by continuing to say , ‘ If I am wrong and the defence does apply then I have to decide , have the defendants proved ( the burden being on them ) that the best practicable means has been taken ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If I 'm right and the link is money , who knows most about Wheeler 's financial affairs ? ’ |
| 8 | nine stone seven , I said what you talking about nine stone seven , I 'm eleven and a half stone , not now you 're not she said |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sixteen and a half , Bean . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're much more sensible than you used to be , but your mum ca n't see it , and my mum still thinks I 'm three and a half . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When I 've played a few games for Lazio , when I 'm ready and the boss says I am fit to return , I will bring the whole family to Wembley to watch me again . |
| 12 | O I 'm big and I 'm bad and I 'm bold and I 'm free And the world will never see another villain like me |
| 13 | Fifteen and a half Er well no I was nineteen and a half then you see , five years is n't it . |
| 14 | ‘ After my father died , when I was five and a half , she used to make me bath myself all alone . |
| 15 | " I was 11 and a half stone ( 160lb/73kg ) when I began the WNAS diet . |
| 16 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 17 | I started school to er Bowvale School on Dovecote Lane at Eastwood , when I was two and a half . |
| 18 | Maybe I was lackadaisical and a bit self-indulgent . |
| 19 | Because I was older and a bit more staid I was going to have a hard time . |
| 20 | I first started when I was seven and a half . |
| 21 | But I was desperate to convince her that I was sane and the world was mad . |
| 22 | I to you young men because you are strong and the word of God lives in you and you have overcome the evil one . |
| 23 | You are stupid and an idiot . |
| 24 | Now that two of you are married and a couple of you are starting families , does the band work as a lads ' escape ? |
| 25 | Inside you are going like the clappers because you are nervous and the tension is building up . |
| 26 | If you are elderly and the operation you are having is quite major , then be realistic . |
| 27 | If you are ill and a doctor feels that this could be due to HIV , being tested will be an important part of finding out what 's wrong . |
| 28 | Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours . |
| 29 | These days , you just ca n't get insured at all if you 're young and a biker in certain areas . |
| 30 | you 're four and a half |