Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The rounds you sent me are all standard N.A.T.O .
2 The police know that ’ hotting ’ , ram-raiding , and related offences are committed by a comparatively small number of people , many of whom are persistent young criminals .
3 The London market may be seen to be increasingly dominated by eight firms , five of whom are true international firms — owning and controlling a wide network of offices worldwide — and three local firms .
4 And some of them are good fun pop in their own right they just happen to be done in a foreign language and with different cultural influences .
5 All of them are top Premier League stars . ’
6 Couples added : ‘ One of the reasons we are here is that Davis and I are such good friends .
7 I are necessary productive consumption , the α part of the equation ( i.e. ) are unproductive consumption .
8 ‘ She and I are two unhappy people who keep together and carry our burdens together ; in this way unhappiness is changed to joy , and the unbearable becomes bearable . ’
9 I am sure other countries would be happy to field the England ‘ B ’ side for their top international XV .
10 I am that heroic surgeon !
11 I am irritated British Rail did n't do something then , ’ he added .
12 Secretary Andy Wilson said : ‘ I am aware significant delays are being experienced in mail being processed by the time it has to get to the mail trains .
13 Buck 's other contacts include an ageing hooker whom he mistakes for a society woman ( ‘ I 'm one gorgeous chick , ’ says the ungorgeous non-chicken Sylvia Miles ) ; two weak and whining homosexual pick-ups ; and a couple of weirdos who invite him to an ‘ underground ’ party .
14 After all , she could n't fail to have been taken with me — I 'm one good-looking animal .
15 I 'm bloody glad Albert do n't , he 'll drive me out of a bed .
16 But I am bursting like an overstuffed sausage , and every thrust I make inside her is like I 'm seventeen slow inches long and growing with every stroke .
17 I 'm sure low fuel costs must be a contributor to the increasing urban congestion and pollution .
18 I do n't want to rehearse the arguments , I 'm sure other members will put all the other arguments about cruelty , about the destruction of land and so on .
19 I 'm sure other clubs have the same problem .
20 Anyway , I 'm sure poor Mildred here ca n't wait a moment longer . ’
21 ‘ Richard , ’ Flora said , putting her head charmingly on one side , ‘ I 'm sure poor Liz could do with a drink .
22 I could go on but I 'm sure you 've got the drift and I 'm sure fellow readers have been there before .
23 But it 's a really good place to go to if you 've got a any spare time and I 'm sure spare time , it 's well worth going there , erm you can hire bikes .
24 I 'm sure American girls do n't have all these silly rules , do they , Harry ? ’
25 does that it , I 'm surprised little Batman signs do n't come up .
26 I 'm glad young people do n't have to go to work so early these days , but for many of my generation , it was the accepted way of life , and most of them were happy in it .
27 So I 'm glad bad dog
28 It 's weird because writing is a pretty spontaneous thing for me , but people seem to imagine after hearing the album that I 'm some real craftsman or pop musicologist or something .
29 ‘ But … oh , heavens , this sounds arrogant , as if I 'm some irresistible Lolita or something … but I would n't want you getting any ideas about me while we 're thrown together like this … ’
30 I 'll look at the cricket scores and pretend I 'm some old member in from the shires with a striped blazer and a pink gin in his fist .
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