Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laughton is in a hole and the players as professional sportsmen have a responsibility to pull him out of it . |
| 2 | Both these performances ( Brendel 's deeply personal , Zimerman 's of a regality and integrity that often reminded me of Lipatti ) resolve every novel or arresting idea into a far greater sense of continuity , overall grandeur and maturity . |
| 3 | This woman who 'd come to complain about an allegedly dangerous horse she 'd sold her was threatened by stable-hands , and Central News was told that Mrs Burt was at a funeral and unavailable for comment . |
| 4 | The public and professional opposition to I M Pei 's famous glass pyramids at the Louvre was of a ferocity that would never have been withstood in England . |
| 5 | Or to be more accurate , Fenella was in a Turmoil because Lisabeth was in one of her States . |
| 6 | Rodney was like a whirlwind and upset both people and animals ( cats , dogs and horses do not like sudden movements ) . |
| 7 | Kadhafi in a speech on Libyan television on Aug. 31 said that " the UN is like an oven where the demands are cooked ; they came to me and they said : " Eat " " . |
| 8 | The company 's predicament and that of its 5,500 employees in the UK are of a kind that would respond to sympathetic treatment intelligently applied by the Government — the kind of assistance , in short , given by a previous Tory administration which nationalised Rolls Royce to save it . |
| 9 | Except where * indicates that overnight accommodation for 3 nights in Budapest is on a bed and breakfast basis . |
| 10 | Except where * indicates that overnight accommodation for two nights in Krakow is on a bed and breakfast basis . |
| 11 | We did n't go to the funeral , but me cousin Dora who was Aunt Lucy 's daughter , she got there was er Walter , , Walter and Leonard were in a pram and me cousin Dora went down Lane and wh to the corner of Street and watched the funeral go past up to I 've got vague memories of that they 're not clear but I do know that he took us to watch me dad 's funeral past the corner of Street and I presume that now that it must have gone up Street up to Street street , cos he 's buried at Ryecroft . |
| 12 | Me sister Ella 's like an elephant when she falls on yer . ’ |
| 13 | But it is possible for people growing up in a totally different culture to see kingship in terms of tyranny , in which case they would receive the statement that God is like a king as meaning that God is tyrannical , even some kind of dictator , so that religion resembles a prison rather than paradise . |
| 14 | Eric was in a room that formed part of the maternity ward — unless a woman in labour was brought in , it was private and quiet : the only place in the hospital that was . |
| 15 | A Bertola Pale Dry Fino or Manzanilla is worth a try and proves that this well known house produces more than the famous Bertola Cream . |
| 16 | For a moment Erika was at a loss as to whom her mother was talking about , then it dawned on her . |
| 17 | Our interest in Madonna is as a phenomenon and almost academic . |
| 18 | Philip Urbach was on a transport that was supposed to leave in mid-August . |
| 19 | She said that Mr Coleby was in a meeting and offered to take his name and a message . |
| 20 | Sophie was like an engine that had n't been switched off ; he could sense the energy in her and feel the heat . |
| 21 | After World War II industrial relations in Hollywood were in a turmoil and the SAG became Reagan became president of the SAG in 1947 and was subsequently elected to a further five one-year terms as president . |
| 22 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 23 | Alice was of an age when that kind of thing was a danger . |
| 24 | However unattractive King James was as a man and a monarch , he did leave a few noble monuments to grace his reign . |
| 25 | Damned quiet in the dining room , he 'd thought , as he crossed the hall , and if Bea Smith was in a room and it was quiet then something pretty peculiar had to be happening . |