Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 There had still been nothing of that kind from John 's kidnappers and for the first time I began to have serious doubts about whether he was alive ; I began to feel less sure of it deep inside , where it mattered .
2 It was now thrashing feebly about in the straw trying to get its tangle of legs in order , a whole , complete , new horse — when five minutes ago there had been nothing at all save him thinking Firelight had indigestion .
3 There had been nothing at all before .
4 There 's been a more limited but still a fairly substantial amount of work done in this country , and there has been nothing at all , we 've had done locally .
5 ‘ You know how word gets out in the golf business , but there 's been nothing on this one .
6 Du n no , I mean there 's been nothing like that in here .
7 ‘ I am nothing without this little flat .
8 No Jean , you ai n't got ta say who you are nothing like that bye !
9 Those guests up in the holiday village are nothing like these people , Doctor .
10 ‘ No way am I worth that sort of money , and it 's annoying because I 've started getting begging letters .
11 One grey-haired captain , a rough old chap , sat and sat not saying a word , mute as a mackerel , then suddenly got up in the middle of the room ad , you know , said aloud as if speaking to himself , ‘ If there 's no God then what sort of a Captain am I after that ? ’ , ad seized his cap and threw up his arms and went out .
12 Am I in that ?
13 Where am I in this name ?
14 Why am I in this position ?
15 It could n't possibly have been yours after all , now could it ?
16 Her imagined crime was something she could not tell her beloved and admired brother , and without that there had been nobody at all .
17 There are plenty of those in Adelaide .
18 ‘ And there are plenty of those . ’
19 And there are plenty of those , there could be dozens more in the pipeline .
20 Some people do n't like ERA , which is in its favour , because that means other people do enjoy it — and Bill says there are plenty of those in the Bow .
21 and this is a solemn 's teaching of God 's word , the bible nowhere teaches the doctrine of universalism , that everybody 's gon na go to heaven , it does n't teach that , it does n't say and it does not teach that ultimately every body will be saved , there are plenty of those around who 'd teach that today , but the bible does n't teach that there are those who will tell us that the sinner and the saint , the man who has no thought of God or no love for God and the Christian that all be gathered together on the final day , you all have another chance , Jesus never said that , the bible does n't teach that , it 's quite unscriptural .
22 There are plenty of both , more than enough to sustain an indictment of the war , but insufficient for an understanding of what it was all about .
23 There are plenty of these and we are not likely to get rid of them .
24 A contemporary dishonest bill ordinarily involves not an exorbitant disclaimer ( although there are plenty of these disclaimers still in use ) , but a shipment that does not take place , or a vessel that does not exist or disappears without a trace after loading .
25 I I mean , you 're anything like that , but not not for a month , I mean .
26 Or half a can of paraffin , if you 're anything like most of the scouts I 've met .
27 PPC : Back issues are available from our subscriptions department on 091 510 8787 , but I 'm afraid that issue 3 ( the August issue ) sold out — there are none of that issue left ! ) .
28 In most years , rail deaths are few : in some there are none at all .
29 Are you on that Sega !
30 Trevalle Are you on that one ?
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