Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're a bairn no more . |
| 2 | Yes I think that 's the sort of thing when you 're a defender the goalkeeper s the goalkeeper 's almost on it but if you 're not sure you get rid of the thing and then say turn round to the keeper sorry pall but I 'm playing safe . |
| 3 | I am a soldier a soldier of industry |
| 4 | We know we are part of a great community and so we now stand Lord as we remember those people who have been a part a part of this particular community to give thanks for their life and to give thanks for them . |
| 5 | ‘ There was a review of Bolger in the Times and it said that although the city of culture had n't been a success the Dublin Theatre Festival was , ’ he says . |
| 6 | But these past four weeks had been a nightmare no ambassador should have to live through . |
| 7 | There had been a thunderstorm the night before but it had swept over and the lake was calm . |
| 8 | I should have been a bit a bit clearer about that . |
| 9 | It should have been a race a World champion like John Hill could easily take in his stride . |
| 10 | and may have been a lady a lollipop lady in the Oadby area . |
| 11 | TODAY has learned that on the following day , November 17 , the Pounds 160-a-week assistant boasted to a female colleague the Chancellor had been a customer the previous evening . |
| 12 | There had been a storm the previous day and she could still see white horses in the bay from where she was sitting by a south-facing window . |
| 13 | The lack of wind , which had been a blessing the day before was now a curse . |
| 14 | An inglenook , Oh I think it had been a place a sort of built off the fireplace . |
| 15 | There could have even been a Spot the Architect competition to go along with the design competition . |
| 16 | Then , in 1982 , the then fledgling Century published her first novel , Light a Penny Candle ; she has been a bestseller every since . |
| 17 | If there had been a fire the tragedy was doubly sickening ; frequently there was not a fire and it all seemed so unreal rather like some still life tableau . |
| 18 | This person could be asked to feed the fish , but unless they are a fishkeeper the amount to give at each feed should be measured into a polythene bag or envelope . |
| 19 | But each one that 's here however old or however young are a part an active part an essential part a crucial part of the Ministry of the Body of Christ . |
| 20 | Both sides ' form has dipped but Newcastle might just be the more resilient , with McDermott adding : ‘ We are used to this — when you are a club the size of Newcastle and runaway leaders in the first division , every game is a pressure game . |
| 21 | If they are a pain the cast will throw them out and they 'll return to the factory they came from . ’ |
| 22 | You are a pioneer every time you enter that unknown land . |
| 23 | Right now you must be able to recognise in , either a structural formula or a condensed formula you must be able to recognise existence of what is called and asymmetric centre if you are a chemist kiral centre if you are a super chemist if you are a biologist an atom bonded to different ones . |
| 24 | Black will take it swinging it in flicked on by Rozario and the goalkeeper made up for er what might have been an error a moment or two ago by coming bravely in with Pearce right in front of him and Rozario I mean on the flick . |
| 25 | Police said that although the explosion was not thought to have been an accident no one was being sought . |
| 26 | If she had been an adult the position would have been different . |
| 27 | Assuming height to be a benefit the investor is prepared to take a risk in order to get a higher reward . |
| 28 | ‘ We can all do more than we have done and not be a whit the worse . |
| 29 | With regard to Easingwold , well of course Easingwold is at present outside the area of search , erm but again I do agree with what Mr Courcier has said , it would be a doubling the size of Easingwold , Easingwold is a small market town of high environmental quality , the existing form and pattern of development within Easingwold , erm exercise constraints over the scale of future development , the central area is of a certain size , of a certain quality , it 's got a certain amount of capacity to accept further development , and I do n't believe that a a erm grafting a fur further fourteen hundred houses could be fitted in to that existing infrastructure without serious harm . |
| 30 | Here , have a swig of this m'old beauty , and it only be a shilling a pint . ’ |