Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] be the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect they 're the same ones he used to tell me . ’ |
| 2 | Today the Bangor editor said : ‘ We are determined to emulate our team and show we are the top dogs in north Down . |
| 3 | No , the ones who get me are the purposeful ones who are out to pull you down a peg or two when you were quite happy with the peg you were on . |
| 4 | We are both bruised and feeling stiff , but we know we 're the lucky ones . ’ |
| 5 | As far as I know they are the original studs , measuring 23mm across . |
| 6 | ‘ I believe we 're the only ones left , ’ said Jed as they stopped at East Acton , a rather dark little station that looked as if it might be out in the country . |
| 7 | Pakeezah nodded her head : ‘ I find it is the little things which give you away if you are royalty : how you eat , how you talk , how you welcome people . |
| 8 | Some of them pretend they 're the illegitimate sons of noblemen , and some of them pretend someone else did the murder . |
| 9 | I mean it 's the individual animals that have these properties are the ones that survive . |
| 10 | I think it is the critical statements , rather than the words of praise , that are more often uttered in the hearing of girls . |
| 11 | I think it were the Irish Times or something , or the Irish Betting Times or something like that , and she was the only one who did n't draw a horse , and she thought oh well that 's it , no chance . |
| 12 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 13 | However , it is more likely that the marital conflict which precedes the separation and the stressful events which follow it are the real sources of difficulty . |
| 14 | I sit shivering in the armchair in this first-floor flat in Deptford , and I feel I 'm still trapped in a cupboard , listening for strange noises , till I realize they are the last images of the dream , slipping away like ghost bodies melting on the floor . |
| 15 | See they 're the only teeth Tony 's got left . |