Example sentences of "[is] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I remember is Matt The Tube from Jim Rose 's Circus Sideshow getting a loud cheer as he pulled a straw from his nose with a pair of pliers . |
| 2 | the second , I must get that ten pence off there , that 's June 's , that 's not bad and that one 's July but that 's March the second I should have remembered that today . |
| 3 | IT 'S RICHARD THE LOINHEART |
| 4 | Today is Friday , yes , it 's Friday the date today , what 's the date today the eighth ? |
| 5 | What 's Dennis the menace up to now ? |
| 6 | There 's Dennis the Menace upstairs |
| 7 | In Macbeth too there is a healing king , but offstage — it is Edward the Confessor , the last legitimate Anglo-Saxon king , who sends Siward Earl of Northumbria to assist the rebels . |
| 8 | Is Hoddle the Hero leaving for Chelsea ? |
| 9 | " Is Toby the fledgling ? |
| 10 | It 's Nellie the Elephant ! |
| 11 | Is it deliberately supposed to be that because it 's December the second today ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why , it 's Rincewind the wizard , is n't it ? ’ he said in tones of delight , meanwhile filing the wizard 's description of him in his memory for leisurely vengeance . |
| 13 | So is Mick the barman . |
| 14 | ‘ Who is Attila the Hen ? ’ |
| 15 | Why I want to warn every mum-to-be EXCLUSIVE Why I 'd hate to fall in love with Craig HOME and AWAY 'S JANE The trouble with my DAD ! |
| 16 | The teller of the tale — who in real historical terms is Chaucer the poet — presents the monk to his audience with a heavy use of irony . |
| 17 | The only trouble is Arthur the trouble is , there |
| 18 | New Christendom 's saviour is Jesus the liberator , the crusader against injustice . |
| 19 | The lone ranger rode into the sunset and jumped on his horse ( 7 ) The capital of England is London and the capital of France is Paris The sense of and in ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) seems to be rather different : in ( 4 ) it seems to mean " and then " and thus ( 6 ) is strange in that it is hard to imagine the reverse ordering of the two events . |
| 20 | But is Paris the capital de l'amour ? |
| 21 | Well there 's Diane the hairdresser 's wife whom I do n't see a great deal of but she lives near . |
| 22 | I think my favourite is Trevor the Traction Engine . |
| 23 | The Seven Dwarves may have trouble keeping their heads above water but Donald Duck is in his element as is Pluto the dogfish and his canine companion Scuba Doo . |
| 24 | back down the road … and further Solar Flair is still going … they 've cracked it at last … and are up to forty five miles an hour … next stop is Adelaide the city that closes its streets to grand prix cars … today … the roads are open and the crowds out to welcome them in … |
| 25 | and the thing is Lyn the thing that er used to piss me off was she used to wear my knickers and I ca n't stand that . |
| 26 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour , which is Christ the Lord . |
| 27 | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord . ’ |
| 28 | Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you ; he is Christ the Lord . ’ ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 's Dai the Cop , open up , Hari girl , or I 'll have to break the door in . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's Mariette the Malteaser , ’ salivated the Sun as she told the paper , ‘ I love working in period costume — it makes me feel really feminine . ’ |