Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may well be standard poodle in the Irish Water Spaniel but the Newfoundland I mean is a big heavy dog . |
| 2 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 3 | ‘ I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 4 | I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 5 | That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information . |
| 6 | My object , which I trust was a fair one , was never suspected , my position never questioned . |
| 7 | All I recollect is a grey , sombre sky and the dark Seine rushing under the bridges ; tall , sharp-gabled houses which sprang up from the cobbles and leaned crazily together , storey thrust out above storey ; the narrow , winding streets of the Latin Quarter ; the pell-mell of ascending gables and tinted roof tiles , the gables of their lower storeys sculpted into fantastic shapes of warriors or exotic animals . |
| 8 | ‘ All I want is a normal life . |
| 9 | ALL I want is a fantastic time with just as crazy a female . |
| 10 | ‘ What I want is a biodegradable board — like the husk of a grain of wheat . |
| 11 | All I want is a yearly figure . ’ |
| 12 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 13 | All I want is a little cottage . |
| 14 | But right now , all I want is a fair hearing . |
| 15 | ‘ What I want is a safe , happy and successful climb — very much in that order . |
| 16 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Special Branch should now be called in to flush out what I suspect is a politically-motivated mole operating within the palace . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going to waste my time visiting two dealers , both of whom will try to sell me items I do n't want — and one of which I know is a nineteenth-century fake . |
| 19 | But none as far as I know is a homicidal maniac . |
| 20 | Others include Councillor Brian Meek , Mr. Struan Stevenson , Councillor Christine Richards and Mr. Arthur Bell , who I know is a particular favourite of the Under-Secretary of State . |
| 21 | And there are other references throughout to , what I reply is a clear direction that most developments should be in erm in or closely related to settlements and , of course , that will be a matter addressed through through local plans . |
| 22 | The first thing I remember was a slight buzzing in my ears . |
| 23 | ‘ All I remember was a huge bang and it careering into us . |
| 24 | The cases reported to Hoffman-La Roche I believe are a tiny fraction of all reactions . |
| 25 | The hon. Member for Dunfermline , West ( Mr. Douglas ) , who I believe is a prospective candidate in Garscadden , need have no worries about a statutory register in respect of the council tax . |
| 26 | Now , we did what I believe is a British first . |
| 27 | I must confess I find being a complete freelance is a strain and I love the family feeling of a company . |
| 28 | Then somehow we did get romantically linked up and some people , right near the end of the situation with that band , singled us out as potentially more interesting than the band , which I suppose was a cruel situation really . |
| 29 | I shall be no trouble , all I ask is a quiet corner of your warm room … ’ |
| 30 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |