Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is this free will that we say is such a vital part of our lives ? |
| 2 | ‘ Give him the damn jacket and stop being such a petty bitch . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Constance , stop being such a bore . |
| 4 | ‘ Stop being such a damned little ostrich . |
| 5 | ‘ Then you 'll humour me , Virgie , and stop being such a doom-merchant ? |
| 6 | ‘ I remember being frightened a lot as a kid . |
| 7 | Which I know is all a lot of money and let me just tell you here , what we have spent this year on advertising . |
| 8 | That I think is half a programme and while that might erm while that might appeal to er members of the Liberal party , half a cake 's better than none . |
| 9 | This book included the 1985/86 season but I did n't buy the updated version which I think was available a year of so back as so much of the information is duplicate . |
| 10 | I mean is this a general tendency in most lectures , or just mine ? |
| 11 | Why should you have to sacrifice yourself — you who 've been such a brick all your life ? |
| 12 | ‘ It do n't seem right , though , askin' for things when you 've been such a kind bloke to me , and doctored me as well . ’ |
| 13 | You 've been such a good and loyal friend to me all these years , and I know it was wrong of me to ask something so demanding of you , but … ’ |
| 14 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 17 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 18 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been asleep a long time . ’ |
| 21 | When both electrodes have been pre-heated an arc is struck between them ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 22 | That is , in addition to the tendency to feel tired because we have been awake a long time , there is some rhythmic change that decreases our fatigue at some times and increases it at others . |
| 23 | In practice , however , progression has been difficult to achieve , and the rites of passage that have been such a feature of our educational organisation — at 11 plus , at the options stage at 14 , and again at 16 — have compounded the problem . |
| 24 | Thus , but for their own agricultural ministry , there would have been no American criticism , nor would there have been such a well-publicised fillip for the Californian sparkling wine industry . |
| 25 | And grateful Jean , their son Nicholas and four daughters passed on ‘ heart-felt thanks to the surgeons and staff at Cheltenham and Frenchay hospitals , the police , ambulance and fire services , their friends and the countless well-wishers who have been such a sustaining source of strength ’ . |
| 26 | I also have to bear in mind the interests of my wife and family who have been such a wonderful support to me during this particularly trying period for all of us . |
| 27 | On his ‘ Big Red Train Ride ’ in 1977 , Eric Newby found these class approaches to the catching of and waiting for the trains , which have been such a characteristic of colonial societies in India and Africa , still very much the norm in the communist countries . |
| 28 | For his firm support and that of Charles Elly as Deputy Vice-President , despite other intense pressures on their time , I owe a singular debt of gratitude — as I do to the Secretary-General and all his staff , not least the dedicated private office team who have been such a help to me and to Catherine my wife . |
| 29 | ‘ I have been patient a long time , nonya . ’ |