Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This will be ok the exam or paper will consist of six questions which you will do in two hours , er not all six of course . |
| 32 | You can use DATA in conjunction with READ to include data in your program which you may need to change from time to time , but which does not need to be different every time you run the program . |
| 33 | must be empty the cupboard was bare ! |
| 34 | Try to avoid telling your child to be careful every time it goes to play with a friend . |
| 35 | and you li , it 's a bit late you have to wait longer but apart from that like , when we 're on the bus it 's hot or so it has had to be set , it 'll probably still be runny a bit . |
| 36 | Can think an Hour , and be calm a Day : |
| 37 | You Tony could be cleaner the bus shelter . |
| 38 | Somehow the idea depressed Sophie , and although she told herself firmly not to be foolish the party held even less attraction for her . |
| 39 | Repetition is likewise the musician practising her scales until she can be consistent every time , so that while she performs she can think about the music itself rather than the individual notes . |
| 40 | If our Sun were a member of such a cluster the sky would be ablaze every night , with many stars brilliant enough to cast strong shadows . |
| 41 | It is about time fortune smiled on United and the way they went into the lead was to be honest a bit of a fluke . |
| 42 | to be honest the mess it must have left her ! |
| 43 | Erm to be honest the revision getting a bit neglected it 's , we 've done most of our coursework , in most subjects there 's coursework which in some subjects which has to be , not , does n't have to be done before the exam but it 's preparation , preparation work for the exams . |
| 44 | To be honest the atmosphere was one of secret intimacy where most of the audience were still in a state of suspended disbelief that this was happening . |
| 45 | ‘ Do n't be such a skinflint , Preston , you earn good money . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Do n't be such a fool , ’ said Rose . |
| 47 | I was surprised she even knew what sandpaper was ; but I could be such a fool in not knowing people . |
| 48 | Then she took a deep breath , telling herself not to be such a fool , and stand her ground . |
| 49 | Oh dear , Willi could be such a fool . |
| 50 | Andrew confided in me that if the officer had asked his permission to play the pipes on this occasion , he would have told him not to be such a fool . |
| 51 | Do n't be such a spoil-sport ! ’ |
| 52 | That there should be such a variety of species of one kind of creature astounded him . |
| 53 | ‘ Oh Alison , do n't be such a bore ! |
| 54 | You can be such a bore , Lucien . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ Oh , Daunt , do n't be such a bore ! |
| 56 | ‘ Fame must be such a bore , ’ she quipped , determined to show him how unimpressed she was by the eyelash-fluttering of the women and the hearty handshakes of their escorts as they traded banter and insults with him . |
| 57 | And why there should be such a change these days in that line I , I , I ca n't quite agree with it . |
| 58 | ‘ there may be particular agents , such for instance as auctioneers , by whom a pledge would be such a departure from the ordinary course of their business as to put the pledgee upon notice . ’ |
| 59 | She had not expected to be such a kind of girl ; she had watched this kind of girl for years ( the lips discreetly reddened , the loud laughter on the school bus , the tossing of long hair beneath rakish berets , the swinging of hips , the whispering in the garden ) but she had never expected to become one . |
| 60 | But it was n't like him to be such a booby . |