Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 2 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 3 | In 1979 , similarly , Iris Murdoch remarked she was glad Labour lost ; and she was voting Conservative , not without reservations , by the 1980s . |
| 4 | The triumph came as a surprise to many fans … but Ron Pickering knew it was another step to even greater glory . |
| 5 | Ronnie said it 's all beginning . |
| 6 | Kathleen supposed there was some comfort to be gained from knowing that nobody had ever died of humiliation . |
| 7 | Anyway she left twelve pence on the floor and Gary says whose is this money , said you leave it there , it 's for Enid 's no nobody touch this chuffing twelve pence . |
| 8 | She left twelve pence on the floor and Bill put it in the cubby hole in the fireplace and Gary says whose is this money and Arthur was going to pick it up an'all , he says leave that he says that 's for Enid 's money . |
| 9 | Mr Onanuga , 31 , has told friends he naively went along with the story because Mr Newton believed it was good publicity for Thresher and his own branch , and he did not see how it could harm anyone . |
| 10 | Although BSC says it is halting production for three weeks because of a sharp drop in demand , unions and all Scottish parties fear the unprecedented break could be a prelude to something much worse . |
| 11 | By the third day Nigel realized it was boring staying in bed . |
| 12 | Pete says there 's great freedom in the air … you can float to wherever you want to … the sensation is great especially when you are flying on the last wind of the day |
| 13 | Pete says there 's one race to go and that 's at the end of August … he 's in the lead and hopes to win the championship |
| 14 | The other time Artemis saw him was one day when she and Nanny were returning from a walk by the lake . |
| 15 | The pupils all began looking round at each other and Mildred knew there was little time before someone recognized her . |
| 16 | In his heart , Nigel knew there was some truth in what she was saying . |
| 17 | Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders |
| 18 | Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders |
| 19 | Doncaster staged it 's first meeting since the abandonment of the St Leger fixture but it was a disappointing turnout with a total of only 29 runners , which included a walk-over by Tebitto , who won £4,491 because of the defection of Tap On in the Sea Pigeon Handicap Hurdle . |
| 20 | There are few studies on the prevalence of smoking in diabetics but one from the West of Scotland suggests there is little difference compared to their non-diabetic fellows ( Kesson & Slater , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Chancellor Kohl agreed it was good news that the world trade talks were back on , though he stopped short of openly criticising France for undermining them . |
| 22 | I have ruined everything , and Aycliffe says there is little hope of your succeeding in a contest with Araminta . ’ |
| 23 | But Mr Melding says he is happiest standing on municipal benches with his megaphone , annoying the socialists of Abertillery . |
| 24 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 25 | At UMIST in Manchester , Professor Cary Cooper believes there 's one way to really make more firms take the matter seriously . |
| 26 | They talked for ages , making each other laugh , finding shared points of view , generally having a good time — until Vitor realised he was overdue back at the track . |
| 27 | Mr Yeltsin says he 's suspended parliament and called new elections . |
| 28 | Tony Revell says it 's living hell to work with , and I believe him . |
| 29 | Mrs Richards says it is high time to rid Austin , the capital city , of practices that critics say stink as much as Mr Pilgrim 's chicken-processing plants . |
| 30 | We should have known that once Singapore fell there was little hope of holding Burma . |