Example sentences of "[noun] be [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athletico are nothing but money-grabbing bastards . |
| 2 | From the point of view of certain owners , these diet-shifts are nothing but a nuisance , but if ever , for some dramatic reason , the cat found itself without its usual owner , they would stand it in good stead . |
| 3 | Even less than Local Authorities are they to be relied on for continuity of policy , or an ability to look beyond the day after tomorrow . |
| 4 | Which part are you from ? ’ |
| 5 | Which part are you from ? ’ |
| 6 | But if your garden plans are anything like mine , you 'll want to create all these moods and more together ! |
| 7 | In looking back at the department 's achievements , one has to accept that reorganisation which Judy and Simon have already referred to , has because of its sheer scale and impact on N C V O been something of an abiding preoccupation over the past twelve to eighteen months . |
| 8 | If you refuse to buy it from Brazil , tropical timber , their exports are something in the region of between 3 to 5 percent of their . |
| 9 | But if he likes ( or does n't like ) you , status and money are nothing to Jamie . |
| 10 | Forget what programmes are what on there ! |
| 11 | Hello Jim are you from Birmingham ? |
| 12 | What sports , hobbies or groups are you in touch with ? |
| 13 | The cornfield , the wood , whose side are they on ? |
| 14 | Whose side are they on ? |
| 15 | ‘ Which side are they on ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Rainbow , ’ I stage-whisper , ‘ whose side are you on our there ? ’ |
| 17 | Oh , I can see him now — ‘ Dragon bones and oyster shells ! ’ he 'd say scornfully , ‘ What good are they against this affliction ! ’ |
| 18 | Which programme are we in ? |
| 19 | In the United States , A.J. Foyt and Al Unser are something of national heroes as a result of their exploits in the world of Chevvys and Thunderbirds . |
| 20 | What tape are we on ? |
| 21 | For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club . |
| 22 | They plan to be back in Europe in October or November , and if their performances are anything like the last London one , you 'll kick yourself for missing them . |
| 23 | Swamps of wild rush-beds and sloughs ' squashy traces , Grounds of rough fallows with thistle and weed , Flats and low vallies of kingcups and daisies , Sweetest of subjects are ye for my reed : Ye commons left free in the rude rags of nature , Ye brown heaths beclothed in furze as ye be , My wild eye in rapture adores every feature , Ye are dear as this heart in my bosom to me . |
| 24 | I think parental anxieties are something with which one must have great sympathy because very often the anxiety is not so much an anxiety about the child , it 's an anxiety about the parent . |
| 25 | I think parental anxieties are something with which one must have great sympathy because very often the anxiety is not so much an anxiety about the child , it 's an anxiety about the parent . |
| 26 | So you 're like a erm like a booklet or something like that that they want to present er for say the clients are you with me ? |
| 27 | Look at other trades ! they all combine , ( the Spitalfields weavers excepted , and what a miserable condition are they in ) . |
| 28 | And so the words turned back on themselves , phrases reappeared , seeming to confirm other phrases , merely repeating themselves , clicking into place with a semblance of logic which nicely disguised the truth that all these words were nothing but a glittering fabric which hovered above the ground , unwinding endlessly , slipping between the fingers , beguiling like a mirage , taking on whatever shape the conjuror wanted , and leading nowhere . |
| 29 | Two more golden eagle sightings were ours on the way . |
| 30 | We see this at the birth of the church where ‘ all the believers were together ’ , ‘ all the believers were one in heart and mind … . ’ , ‘ they shared everything they had … . ’ , ‘ there were no needy persons among them … . ’ , ‘ and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved ’ ( Acts 2:42–47 ; 4:32–35 ) . |