Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , Corbett , you forget I was once a soldier . ’ |
| 2 | Some of them are fair , some of them treat you reasonably good , but others say you 're just a criminal , a nothing , do n't know what you were born for , that sort of thing . |
| 3 | The main reason , main thing is presuming that there must have been refreshments for all these people , probably might have been just a buffet or cup of coffee , or I expect there was probably a lunch laid on , I want to know who footed the bill for the lunch ? |
| 4 | Doctors say there is now a glimmer of hope for the survival of the twelve-year-old Warrington bomb victim , Timothy Parry . |
| 5 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 6 | Although they may occasionally still be allowed to be creatures of intuition and athleticism and skill , the logos say they are always a digit in the equation , a blip in the electronic spreadsheet of some global , transnational corporation . |
| 7 | The fact that the firms allowed him to use the money for his own purposes and replace it was merely an indulgence . |
| 8 | Somebody could have murdered Everett , of course — in the circumstances , nothing simpler — but I expect it was just an accident , do n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | You always say it 's just a coincidence ! ’ |
| 10 | The overlords at Citroen say it 's just a show car , but with Peugeot and Citroen able endlessly to vary the mix of 605s and XMs that come off the shared line at Sochoux , a third model , an XM coupe , is not an impossibility . |
| 11 | They say it 's just a paper excersise which ignores the real problems in the mental health service . |
| 12 | people say it 's only a film but they do n't know . |
| 13 | Say it 's only a paper … |
| 14 | I do n't agree with people who say it was just a leadership personality cult effort . |
| 15 | So and smashed all the windows and everything in it erm so what 's that and as I say it was only a scrap van er and now he 'd bought the little chapel on the corner . |
| 16 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |
| 17 | ‘ It also hits your self confidence a little bit until you realise it 's just an equation of circumstances . ’ |
| 18 | To rugby now and on saturday Gloucester enjoyed their biggest and best win of the season … they beat Bristol thirty … eight eleven at Kinghsolm … shame it was only a club match |
| 19 | I mean you 're hardly a catch , are you . |
| 20 | Ooh look there 's quite a lot of tools there there was another one of those out near the this |
| 21 | Often they see their profession as a creative art form , which is fine as long as they recall it is also a service industry . ’ |
| 22 | Exactly how you manage it is still a matter of some dispute . |
| 23 | Yeah that 's right but I mean we 're just a south east London |
| 24 | Like I was just a shadow , or a dog he does n't have to talk to . |
| 25 | Like I 'm just a friend . |
| 26 | Like I 'm still a boy . |
| 27 | I know I am only a layman , but I seem to remember that when the pits were taken over by the government , they became the property of the people to be run by the government . |
| 28 | ‘ Look , I know I 'm only a kid and I know you 're still the big hero , but , take it from me , some things you do n't understand . ’ |
| 29 | Well , not too bad really , it 's erm I can only describe it has having erm a huge hangover , which erm which I 'm used to anyway , so erm you know I 'm obviously a bit disappointed with the way things went , but erm you know that 's party of Rugby . |
| 30 | ‘ I know you 're both a bit sceptical . ’ |