Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
| 2 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 3 | Its admirers say it is the consummate manager . |
| 4 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 5 | They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling . |
| 6 | They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs . |
| 7 | But others say it 's the only way to avoid accusations of a whitewash . |
| 8 | Student leaders say it 's the only way they can fight for their rights . |
| 9 | Shock tactics.Parents of drink-drive victim say it 's the only way . |
| 10 | It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place |
| 11 | They say it 's the wrong place and will pose a threat to their children . |
| 12 | The lessons are proving very popular , especially with business men and women who say it 's the ideal way to relieve tension after a hard day in the office . |
| 13 | I hope I 'm the right person . ’ |
| 14 | By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain . |
| 15 | ‘ Dinna imagine it 's the local baby talk , ’ Reid went on . |
| 16 | ‘ Hope it 's the right room , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope it 's the other way round . ’ |
| 18 | Let it be the right thing that I 'm doing . " |
| 19 | Oh no look it was the invisible man driving the car . |
| 20 | Now one of the things that was on the you know there was the great Radio City Music Hall . |
| 21 | In the back of your mind you know it is the Italian temperament against the English temperament , and you just know something is going to happen . |
| 22 | As you know it 's the only thing that brings Gesner to heel . |
| 23 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 24 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 25 | but in those days it was n nobody thought i you know it was the done thing . |
| 26 | So we go , we knock at the door , we assume it 's the right address , he comes to the door and what will be the first thing you should say ? |
| 27 | And I think it was really rather refreshing to see the kids not know what was the right idea and actually dream up all sorts of fantasies for themselves , many of which were had their own validity . |
| 28 | Now , I do n't think we know what was the exact Sterling equivalent of the fall in our reserves during the last financial year , but it can only have been a minority of that total of £1and1/2 ; billion of public expenditure which was met neither by the product of taxation nor by borrowing from the public . |
| 29 | stops to watch me I suppose I am the exact centre |
| 30 | ‘ Now I suppose I 'm the black ewe . ’ |