Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorrel was on duty at her stall on the corner of the flea market , so that was my first port of call . |
| 2 | Although this is their main role , like other members of the security forces , they are permitted to shoot — but only when they feel their lives , or the lives of others , are in danger . |
| 3 | The former high class hurdler has not come off the bridle to record two effortless chasing victories and , although this is his stiffest task to date over fences , he should have little difficulty in completing the hat-trick . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm 28 now , so this is my last chance , ’ the St Albans boxer said at a press conference yesterday to announce his clash with champion Steve Robinson in Cardiff on July 10 . |
| 5 | She had not looked at Mrs Frizzell 's copy , so this was her first glimpse of it . |
| 6 | Branfoot said : ‘ Wright got two hat-tricks against us last season , so this was our best performance — even if things were getting quite excitable out there . ’ |
| 7 | Therefore it would be selected , cos that 's what natural selection is . |
| 8 | They would even dry quicker than if you put them over the clothes horse cos that 's what those slats are for . |
| 9 | To a lesser extent cos that 's their key tasks . |
| 10 | Or K Kingswood cos that 's her local station in n it ? |
| 11 | This bloke 's Astra cos that 's our late night . |
| 12 | Cos that 's his favourite book . |
| 13 | I do n't mind the sort of the use of language that gives this or that impression if that 's what contemporary politics demands , I 'm as guilty of that as er the next man . |
| 14 | Aggressive in terms that we fight in the market place for for clients and that we er then if that 's what aggressive means the answer to that is yes . |
| 15 | in the first place , but if that 's his final objection , the fact that he 's gon na make a decision tonight somebody that 's really good at their job that was in there would sell that deal then , they would n't wait till tonight |
| 16 | I would n't like to go through a year without being in a war because I feel as if that 's my yearly hang-up . |
| 17 | But if that 's your only opportunity to earn money that week |
| 18 | Well now , if that 's your little game , you can bloody well think again ! |
| 19 | None of this means that Thatcher would be right to oppose the modernisation of Europe 's political institutions , if that is what political union finally turns out to mean . |
| 20 | In October 1950 when Lehmann had a reconciliation lunch with Keith Vaughan at the Ivy restaurant after some disagreement , the two men found themselves discussing Minton and Ricky Stride ‘ and the morality of letting a friend ruin himself if that is his deepest impulse ’ . |
| 21 | It is so vital to us that if that is your normal voice you have n't got a cat in hell 's chance of doing it . |
| 22 | You can omit breakfast if that is your personal preference and still be healthy . |
| 23 | ‘ It is not that Mr. Keats ( if that be his real name , for we almost doubt that any man in his senses would put his real name to such a rhapsody ) ’ — wrote their Gifford of Keats ' Endymion . |
| 24 | It had black sheets on it , and George was not sure if that was their original colour or just the result of years of use . |
| 25 | Mr Sims , if that was his real name , dressed not so much snappily as very cleanly . |
| 26 | If that was your misguided attempt to make an appealing , heart-rending entrance into my life , you 've failed . |
| 27 | Apply some make-up and perfume if this is their normal habit . |
| 28 | If this is what fluent readers do , then there is surely a sense in which an expert is a slightly unreliable judge of how clearly a book is written . |
| 29 | That may be a tenable position for the Soviet Union , but not for Britain , which has committed itself repeatedly to accepting both self-determination for the German people and a re-united Germany if this is what self- determination leads to . |
| 30 | I paid £130 when I bought it second hand and would like to know if this is its true value . |