Example sentences of "and [pron] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm divorced forty ye , I 'm a divorced forty year old woman with two grown up children and I am in a terrible situation . |
| 2 | I never negotiated with Volvo and I am in a different position to Nick Faldo and Sandy Lyle . |
| 3 | They perhaps take a little longer than anticipated , so when they eventually arrive an hour later than expected , the anxiety has been building up , and I am in a steamy temper . |
| 4 | V.W. I find myself a non-Catholic in a Catholic school that at the moment is promoting Catholics and I 'm at a complete dead end . |
| 5 | I 'm 39 , very unhappy and weary , and I 'm under a great deal of stress . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , I 'm in love and I 'm in a new life that is fun , ’ she explained . |
| 7 | I stay in the Slateford district and I 'm in a multi-storey flat , I bought my house three year ago . |
| 8 | and I 'm in a big competition on the twenty eighth |
| 9 | Robert , Ann and I were in a peculiar position in the elementary school for the Headmaster was our father . |
| 10 | At one o'clock , without warning , the wind dropped , dust settled , and I was under a pleasant sky . |
| 11 | Er I was in the credit and I was with a large group of people there and they seemed very happy and I think we were fair , we 'd got good conditions . |
| 12 | All my dreams of playing for United to the end of my career — and I was on a seven- year contract — vanished when Ferguson called me into his office and offered me a cash pay-off to clear out and go and do something else with my life . |
| 13 | And I was like a young by the time I got home . |
| 14 | I did not know about any of this , because they had put a sleeping powder in my wine , and I was in a deep sleep . |
| 15 | Five seconds later they opened again , and I was in a wide corridor which appeared to lead right to the rear of the building . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 17 | ‘ ( 4 ) Are the answers to questions ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) affected by the fact that the measure in question has been introduced with the object and effect of rendering a number of fishing vessels which immediately prior to the date of such measure coming into effect have been duly registered in and licensed to fish by the member state in question and which are to a substantial extent beneficially owned by nationals of another member state , resident and domiciled in that other member state , ineligible to fly the flag of the first member state with the result that they cease to be eligible to fish against the catch quotas allocated to the first member state under the Common Fisheries Policy unless ownership and management of the vessels are transferred to citizens of the first member state resident and domiciled therein in accordance with the provisions of the said measure ? |
| 18 | find out what they actually need which is the second part and to do that once you do that it 's quite easy , as I say once you 've actually made contact with them and you are on a friendly basis , you then , you can hold very very useful conversation and let them come over quite naturally . |
| 19 | Coil tap the bridge , back off the boost and you are into a whole new range of hot single coil sounds . |
| 20 | If you go rushing in and you 're in a thirty and you 're doing forty five they 'll all rush in with you . |
| 21 | Drive for five minutes into town and you 're in a different world . |
| 22 | We 're the ones that have said to Jehovah I am dedicating my life to you , I am going to do this , do that and the other and it 's up to us as to whether we do it , so it requires effort , first , five , six , also says let us stay awake , keep our senses first Peter , five , eight keep your senses , be watchful and then first Corinthians , ten , twelve which I think the song was based on let him think that he is standing , beware , beware , beware that he does not fall , if you think things are going along nicely and you 're in a comfortable little corner , a little niche in the truth , and it 's just how you like it , and it 's just the way you want it to be and there 's the time we need to be aware because there 's an opening for Satan to get into to make us fall . |
| 23 | The definition of an inn is to be found in s.1(3) of the HPA 1956 — ‘ an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food , drink and , if so required , sleeping accommodation , without special contract , to any traveller presenting himself who appears able and willing to pay a reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and who is in a fit state to be received ’ . |
| 24 | If you 've got a mate , a best mate , and she 's on a different house , you 'll write her a note because you hardly ever see her , and if you get caught for that you lose a couple of weeks . |
| 25 | And she 's worth a thousand of your so-called beauties . |
| 26 | And she 's in a nervous state , and … . ’ |
| 27 | I 've visited her in hospital and she is in a bad state . |
| 28 | Cos we 're having , not problems , but at school it really it 's unfortunate because she was put in a third year , and she 's only a third year now and she was on a third year class last year . |
| 29 | Either something had happened to her or those two fivers had gone to her head and she was on a day-long spree . |
| 30 | He was making her feel a bit strange again with his hand on her skin and she was at a decided disadvantage . |