Example sentences of "be [pron] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Are you wanting commitment or merely agreement to seek further information ? |
2 | Are they all sound and well maintained ? |
3 | But beers are his real passion and around two years ago he began filling his shelves with an ever-increasing selection . |
4 | Were they better value than previously or |
5 | It 's a compliment , by the way : Philippa is my next-door neighbour and startlingly beautiful . |
6 | he 's my best friend as well . |
7 | That is what she is assumed to want , and that is her innate nature and hence it should be so . |
8 | If we study the annual function of social capital — hence of the total capital of which the individual capital forms only fractional parts , whose movement is their individual movement and simultaneously integrating link in the movement of the total capital — and its results , i.e. , if we study the commodity-product furnished by society during the year , then it must become apparent how the process of reproduction of the social capital takes place , what characteristics distinguish this process of reproduction from the process of reproduction of an individual capital , and what characteristics are common to both . |
9 | The result was that ‘ only in London is there convincing evidence that educationally disadvantaged pupils are likely to receive slightly higher expenditure . ’ |
10 | I said well it 's his bleeding fault as well as yours . |
11 | The new conductor , Thelma Strange , picking up the baton for the first time , is his former pupil and so is new accompanist Kathryn Clarke . |
12 | You can omit breakfast if that is your personal preference and still be healthy . |
13 | This was my distinct feeling when nervously trying to set up my first foray into journalism . |
14 | He was my big brother and now he 's dead . |
15 | ( A coppa was my favourite treat but unfortunately I could not afford it very often . ) |
16 | That was my favourite picture and now it 's all ripped up . |
17 | At first , she was my running idol and then , when I got to know her , I realised how nice she was as a person as well . |
18 | Organiser Kevin Horton said there was plenty more support as yet untapped . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Unfortunately , as this was her first litter and probably due to inexperience on her part , the cubs did not survive . |
21 | She had known Vitor D'Arcos was her true love and so , with her body , she had plighted her troth . |
22 | Not only was there physical weakness but also intense loneliness and sometimes mental anguish due to lack of occupation in the ‘ workhouse ’ and the chronic sick wards . |
23 | Not only was there plain cotton but now lace , lawn , twill , corduroy , crepe , velvet , silk and some wool were all being used in the fabrication of these follies of fashion . |
24 | This was his first novel and probably his best . |
25 | It was his first job as well . |
26 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
27 | If Adams ' mixed feelings were understandable , imagine the trauma for Stoddart , who bred the horse himself and was his proud owner until just 48 hours before the race . |
28 | Yeah but apparently apparently that were n't hi his Am that was his American car that nearly hit them but th Brian had sold that to a bloke down in down your mum 's road . |
29 | It was our last leaflet because afterwards it became too dangerous . |