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Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	To see Thee is the end and the beginning ,
2	What was to heal them was the act of obedience to what God had said , and faith in what he had said .
3	The only force which separates them is the Church , the one single coherent organisation in this country which binds like mortar the different races and degrees of this nation .
4	Encouraging them were the new links between British and American film companies that grew out of the quota legislation .
5	I saw no one on the long lonely road home , and the only enemy that attacked me was the midges .
6	As we have seen the Prague School were also interested in the content of texts as well as their language , but what concerned them was the structure of the content as a self-contained system of signs to be separated out into its different levels , not the overall impression that it conveys .
7	What 's annoyed me is the fact that you borrowed out five grand without even bothering to mention it to me . ’
8	What got me was the way she made this rather bizarre suggestion seem so utterly reasonable .
9	What really angers me is the exploitation of young women like us by advertisers , to sell their products .
10	The main thing that upsets me is the fact that she 's a bastard .
11	ALL THAT WAS GIVEN ME WAS THE MATTER OF THREE SCENES , AND THE CENTRAL IDEA OF A VOLUNTARY CHANGE BECOMING INVOLUNTARY .
12	As it happens , I do n't think I 'm the right person to lead humanity into the future , no .
13	I do n't think I 'm the only volunteer who 's ashamed of their early attitude to AIDS and I 'm only glad that we had the sense , collectively , to listen to reason before the calls began .
14	OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink .
15	‘ And he 'll think I 'm the most likely person .
16	‘ Do you really think I 'm the kind of man who would run from anything ? ’
17	‘ I do n't think I 'm the kind of man who ought to have a working wife . ’
18	OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink .
19	I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’
20	To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help .
21	If I did n't know Karen I should think I was the candidate for diabetes .
22	But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic .
23	The heads of these charming horsemen are so like that of the boxer that one might think his was the stele this base supported .
24	I mean I was the on I was the only black guy in the regiment erm for a very long time and erm you know it did n't it does n't matter what colour you are erm apart from my case , there was if you was erm if you were slow on your runs or you was n't good at at cleaning your kit you would get bullied .
25	I shall work in , because I mean I 'm the one who 's been pushing to get them on this .
26	‘ The thing is , ’ she said , ‘ that he still thinks I 'm the person he used to know when we all lived in the old hole in the bank .
27	Manipulation of ‘ needs ’ by both creating them and satisfying them is the process by which social control is effected .
28	The most powerful ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ are those taken for the learning of shamanic powers , and in the Piaroa theory of knowledge , men who do undergo them are the best hunters in Piaroaland , even if they rarely hunt ( Overing 1988 ) .
29	I love to go out dancing but you wo n't catch me being the first on the dance floor !
30	What worries me is the fate of the fox if hunting stops .