Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 2 | I had lunch and then sat on the wheelbarrow swatting flies , neither willing to go further out of my way , nor to return , just in case I was on the right track . |
| 3 | But whereas my wife could have learnt in what direction I was from her had she heard me , there is nothing I can learn from it . |
| 4 | But I gave my genuine reason for returning earlier , which was the Arts Council 's monthly meeting , in which I was deeply interested and whose chairman I was at the time . |
| 5 | Not to speak of trying to keep up with the other three murder investigations I 'm in charge of . |
| 6 | For a change I was in the right place at the right time and got a job , with housing , at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC . |
| 7 | Honey I 'm in clover Hovering |
| 8 | K. M. I was on the Dingle Lane gate — Shell Mex place — and I 'd been down there a few months . |
| 9 | At all times someone was on watch for aircraft , and the nearer the coast they were , the slower they tended to travel , to cut down the dust plume . |
| 10 | On the conscious level I was at first glad to get back to school for the summer term . |
| 11 | And Miss Plum walks through the playground carrying two heavy bags , and in a flash I am beside her , smiling a face full of teeth like Tom in a Tom and Jerry cartoon . |
| 12 | no , and mean end up doing separate stew mum I am for myself it 's not fair that because I ca n't eat |
| 13 | Well that 's the kind I was after . |
| 14 | Of course I am in full agreement with you that the market for IT products is growing and will continue to expand in the foreseeable future . |
| 15 | I do n't feel poor — not when I remember our childhood ! — but of course I am by her standards . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course I was on the same squadron as him for a time . ’ |
| 17 | Of course I was on Sunday , yes indeed . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course I was at the time . |
| 19 | Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’ |
| 20 | I was nineteen — of course I was in awe of you . |
| 21 | Of course I 'm on there |
| 22 | I mean David 's talking about the leaf stem I could n't care less about the leaf stem I 'm with most people I understand that Councillor Barry Jackson 's offered to look after it in his garden cos he likes it and he 's welcome to do that . |
| 23 | Well it was steady income I was in the house every night my wife was happy . |
| 24 | ‘ As it is Friday afternoon I am at your disposal until Sunday night . |
| 25 | ‘ The following afternoon I was to be found in Green Park near Buckingham Palace with two ‘ smart ’ ladies in tow , the Hon Mrs This and That , and I had to photograph their hats . |
| 26 | The last branch I was in was very small , and I got a lot of feedback from them . |
| 27 | During that last sentence I was at Styal again and then at Askham Grange . |
| 28 | He remembered one of the gunmen kept repeating : ‘ If you guys ai n't got no money I 'm in the mood to kill tonight . ’ |
| 29 | One of the killers allegedly said : ‘ If you guys ai n't got no money I 'm in the mood to kill tonight . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ For a few minutes I was at peace with myself . ’ |