Example sentences of "be [adj] and [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the legal context , we need to feel that the prohibitions of laws , in the way they are defined and in the way they are applied , are justifiable and influence us all equally ( or , again , if they do not , that they discriminate on acceptable grounds ) . |
| 2 | I mean , for instance , if you do the the very high grade Norlands nanny training they go on till they 're grey and experienced it all |
| 3 | ‘ I would like us to put a run together until the end of the season we have three games left and we have to try to be professional and win them all . ’ |
| 4 | I think he 's trying to be sensible and doing it all wrong . ’ |
| 5 | You just have to be patient and allow her all the time she wants in which to ‘ say her piece ’ . |
| 6 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 7 | And they couldn't 've well for example with taxation , they could 've erm not taxed the rich peasants at all and then just put all their erm their sort of focus upon the poor peasants and got their income through them and also with land , they could 've just not given any land to poor peasants who were inefficient and given it all to the rich peasants and really gone for a capitalist state . |
| 8 | For most members , supporting their frontbench is normal and the occasions when they rebel are rare and cause them some heart-searching . |
| 9 | He was strong and took it all from Huston in a strong way . |
| 10 | They declared that she was insatiable and begged them all to participate . |