Example sentences of "be [pron] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sales , however , have been disappointing , and there 's been nothing like the same kind of interest the earlier books had . |
| 2 | COOK 'S NOTE : Commercially prepared Melba toasts are available , but they are nothing like the real thing . |
| 3 | Am I on the right line there ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why am I on the wrong side of this stone ? ’ she whispered . |
| 5 | ‘ Am I in the same room ? ’ she asked . |
| 6 | Who the other call was to Jihan has never revealed , but it is certain that it must have been someone of the highest importance , and that her purpose was to obtain from the most authoritative source possible some outside indication of what was happening in Egypt . |
| 7 | I do believe they wore top hats , but there are none of the usual wedding photographs to confirm that . |
| 8 | Generally , there are none of the inane pizzaman delivery scenarios you find in commercial porn — something consumers cherish about the amateurs . |
| 9 | One friend has explained how , in a conversation in which she was lamenting the cost of electricity , Eliot asked her in a confidential manner , " Are you on the domestic tariff ? " |
| 10 | How certain are you in the first place that it 's a scentmaker ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I said to the grave digger , in conversation with him , ‘ Look , are you in the right plot ? ’ and his answer was the priest told him to dig the grave opposite Patrick 's but when he came along he 'd seen there was already a burial there , who was the sister Annie , but had seen this vacant plot next door , so he had dug the vacant one . |
| 12 | If I am unfortunate enough to experience the untimely death of several people I am attached to so that it forms something of a pattern , then I am likely to experience considerable difficulty with my bereavements : there has been none of the unconscious preparation for the death of someone close that goes on in our awareness of incidents that are likely to occur . |
| 13 | There have been none of the special postage stamps or government statements which usually mark bicentenaries of famous writers . |
| 14 | Little is known of eruptions there , but there may have been one in the last decade , since sets of aerial photographs of the island taken many years apart show some slight changes . |
| 15 | 16th ( last in series ) , Life in the Balance : How removed are we from the natural world ? |
| 16 | Are we in the right area ? |
| 17 | And all souls are one in the great ocean of the Supreme Consciousness , the Lord . |
| 18 | Only do this where you think there may actually be someone of the right calibre available . |
| 19 | This has subsequently been changed , but suggests the view the SFA might take ; it would be logical for it to do so , since a market counterparty of this type is supposed to be someone on the same level as the firm . |
| 20 | Most likely there will be someone in the close family or a reliable friend . |
| 21 | There could be someone in the outside world who is prepared to take over and put money into the club . |
| 22 | The nameplate Preston Guild which can be yours for the highest bid . |
| 23 | Upon arrival at Aberdeen Airport your COMPLIMENTARY CAR will be awaiting you … and will be yours for the entire weekend to use as you please . |
| 24 | One day it could be you in the same position ’ . |
| 25 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 26 | ‘ Slugs and snails and puppy dogs ' tails ’ — there seems to be something in the popular imagination that finds snails slightly repulsive . |
| 27 | In this section the object is to examine in some detail the important preliminary issue of why the debate should be one about the public interest in the first place , and why company law should not be seen instead as being solely concerned with the rights of the corporators , that is , the shareholders . |
| 28 | The question is held to be one for the unrestricted discretion of the jury or magistrates who are allowed to find that even a bruise is enough . |
| 29 | The showhouse will be one in the middle price bracket . |
| 30 | I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning ! |