Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [be] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes he 'd cry about this , ’ she recalls , ‘ and say he was an awful nuisance to me . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's my job to provide the service to the public and ensure it is an efficient and professional service . |
| 3 | There was a huge fireplace in one corner , simply crying aloud for masses of logs , and near it was an old settle . |
| 4 | The Training Sub-Committee is extremely concerned at the amount of pressure Trainers are under and feel there is an urgent need for a group of people to begin training now . |
| 5 | In reality , it is to introduce as a solution a concept which itself poses a theoretical problem , for as it is adopted and understood it is an uncriticized concept , a concept which , like all ‘ obvious ’ concepts , threatens to have for theoretical content no more than the function that the existing or dominant ideology defines for it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've also praised Darren Ferguson for his brilliant performance at Sheffield and said he 's an outstanding prospect , and last season I said that Steve Bruce should be picked by England . |
| 7 | She just shook her head and said he was an old enemy of her father 's , and refused to be drawn any further . ’ |
| 8 | His invincible capacity for making friends soon prevailed , however , and , as he explained to Southey , ‘ they all except the Parson shook me by the hand , and said I was an open hearted honest-speaking Fellow , tho' I was a bit of a Democrat ’ . |