Example sentences of "[prep] be [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at the end his brothers poured out their guilt and begged him for forgiveness , he replied with the words , ‘ Fear not , for am I in the place of God ? ’ |
| 2 | And that would of been what in the fifties ? |
| 3 | Well they were doing it at eleven o'clock last night , it must of been something like that because I heard every word |
| 4 | It is not so much a matter of praying together ( good though that is ) , but of being one in purpose and spirit . |
| 5 | The third earl , who built Brizlincote , had the reputation of being something of a rake . |
| 6 | Adored by his public and his pupils , feared by the phoney , derided by the reactionary , de Pomiane 's irreverent attitude to established tradition , his independence of mind backed up by scientific training , earned him the reputation of being something of a Candide , a provocative rebel disturbing the grave conclaves of French gastronomes , questioning the holy rites of the " white-vestured officiating priests " of classical French cookery . |
| 7 | The house which in everyday discourse the wife and husband regarded as ‘ theirs ’ turned out in legal discourse to be capable of being theirs in many different ways . |
| 8 | The only bison they need to get acquainted with is one with soap and water in it . |
| 9 | I would imagine that almost the easiest subject to start with is something like mathematics . |
| 10 | Are you in are you in Morpeth constituency |
| 11 | Archaeology has become significantly more scientific , with the result that science is helping it evolve from being something of a treasure hunt to a high tech study . |
| 12 | They were married in was it in the barn or or |
| 13 | As opposed to are they about where the new settlement should be generally located ? |
| 14 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
| 15 | Prince wants to be everything to everyone . |
| 16 | Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion . |
| 17 | There seemed to be plenty for all . |
| 18 | There seems to be plenty of confidence between topweight Bonanza Boy in tomorrow 's Coral Welsh National and last year 's winner is now 3-1 joint favourite with Ghofar following two bets of £7,000 to £2,000 with the sponsors . |
| 19 | I think there 's got to be plenty of discussion . |
| 20 | Demand is so high that there is bound to be plenty of interest in two new properties in need of some tender loving care which have just come on to the market . |
| 21 | There is likely to be plenty of activity in one particular area of tax haven planning . |
| 22 | I ca n't ever recall even meeting a priest when I was at United , though there always seemed to be plenty of them around . |
| 23 | There turned out to be plenty of field mice and short-tailed shrews , various larger insects and the odd rat about , so we concluded that there was more than enough food in the vicinity to sustain our pair . |
| 24 | There used to be plenty of job security though now even those on contracts can be pressurised to leave . |
| 25 | If I needed money , I collected it from Wemmick at Mr Jaggers ' office , and there seemed to be plenty of money available . |
| 26 | The winners will be those with the most innovative ideas , especially for getting unemployed people work — so there ought to be plenty of scope fro an input from the ES . |
| 27 | We loved the atmosphere — it had a real buzz about it and there seemed to be plenty of smiling faces around . |
| 28 | There are likely to be plenty of times in the coming months when he 'll want to walk away , because no matter what attitude he starts with , he 'll be affected by the Grendon experience and that can be frightening . |
| 29 | There seem to be plenty of policemen about , especially at the weekends . |
| 30 | Although community care year one is meant to be ‘ steady state ’ , there are bound to be plenty of bumps along the way before it gives way to the managerially more predictable , through financially harsher , 1994–5 . |