Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the fifteen months that he had been in prison his black hair had turned grey and his features had lost their definition . |
| 2 | In becoming anorexic , I was saying to those who were in effect my social superiors , ‘ I can contribute nothing to the community ; look how little I have/am . ’ |
| 3 | The provincial landscape of factions and fractions — localities squalling in impotence , absurdly competing for crumbs of resources , with no incentive to collaborate — is of course its own creation . |
| 4 | Yes , concert at Holy Trinity church , which is of course our next concert . |
| 5 | So Mr Chairman sorry to bring it up again but er I think it 's in line what this gentleman said er bearing in mind I think it is a fact that this is a reasonable theatre enjoyed by people from a very large catchment area could you please tell us what support the the er playhouse has had from the local authorities adjacent to Harlow . |
| 6 | ‘ As far as the UK is concerned , ’ said Keith Standford of Amada in England , ‘ it 's in dispute which particular model will eventually be on sale here . |
| 7 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 8 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 9 | I taught at the London School of Economics , I was head of the department at the University of Essex in which you were an undergraduate , and was in fact your personal tutor . |
| 10 | Stella is a wild card both in the deepest recesses of Serena 's own mind and in the domain of middlemen , for Stella is the only character in the novel who is exempt from this status : ‘ Stella was in effect her own middleman , alone in the world , selling her personality , and very badly ’ ( 30 ) . |