Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the fact that there was trouble with one of the other directors — apparently Jefferson was having a high old time with his wife and , to add insult to injury , charging the hotel rooms to expenses — you may recall that Downton lost two very valuable contracts with players in tennis and golf . |
| 2 | So Daedalus is developing a new word-processing program . |
| 3 | So Coleridge is denying a strong element of Christian theology . |
| 4 | Some time soon Ian 's planning a flying circus 10,000ft up . |
| 5 | Thus Vaughan is assuming a certain amount of shared knowledge on the part of the reader ; but because we can not , naturally , see things from the perspective of his origo , he must also assist the reader in the assignment of indexical or deictic meanings . |
| 6 | Marathon running … for the first time ever Nepal is having a big race … |
| 7 | A week later Robbie was to have a similar experience . |
| 8 | But now Japan is becoming a favoured target . |
| 9 | Now Adrian is keeping a round the clock watch for the dog in case it returns . |
| 10 | Even Harvey was feeling a little discomfort now . |
| 11 | Here Moscovici is offering a universal postulate about social psychological processes . |
| 12 | In 1976 , however , when he was Wimbledon champion , even Ashe was given a frightening demonstration of how turbulent life can sometimes be in that part of the world . |
| 13 | Even Europe is becoming a united country , not a continent any longer . |
| 14 | With no concession to comfort and the two thrones under a silk canopy , the room suggests that in this part of the house at least Lutyens was designing a miniature royal palace . |
| 15 | Currently Twoflower was showing a great interest in the theory and practice of magic . |