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

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1 Examples of this are his fierce-looking lady ( to a heavily armed German soldier advancing over the lawn ) : ‘ How dare you come in here ! ’ , or a placid scene in a country pub where the radio on the bar is tuned to the German propaganda station : ‘ Meanwhile , in Britain , the entire population , faced by the threat of an invasion has been flung into a state of complete panic . ’
2 Had this been my regular field of action , I too would have made myself hors de combat .
3 Had this been his dominating characteristic , he could not possibly have retained his position through the vicissitudes and challenges of a decade and a half .
4 We share education , culture and really all that 's different are our sexual functions .
5 Best known of the rich kids on the list published in American magazine People Weekly are our own Princes William , 10 and Harry eight .
6 Indeed if this were its intended effect , it is difficult to see why the subsection goes on to say that it is not necessary to obtain the parents ' consent , rather than providing that such consent , if obtained , should be ineffective .
7 He was filmed prancing round the forecourt like a wayward member of a modern dance troupe ; the witnesses in the passing cars would n't just have noticed his approach , they would probably have pulled up to watch , so bizarre and entertaining were his surreptitious motions .
8 She quoted the example of a mother and daughter who habitually appeared ‘ with dishevelled hair and untidy blouses at 11 o'clock in the morning ’ , and where dirty teacups rested on the breakfast table , but the fact was that both women stayed up until 4 am buttonholing , this being their only source of income .
9 Yet despite this being his long-term plan , he still thought of England as ‘ home ’ , of Alice and the Pritchetts as his ‘ family ’ , of Aubrey as his best friend .
10 ‘ Everyone was passing judgement on this being my big day but I enjoyed it .
11 Ellen and I worked hard that week and , on the Saturday , as though to commiserate with ourselves on this being our last day alone together , we stopped work at midday and took a bus to Mama Sipcott 's Café on the beach where we ate lobster and drank too much of Mama 's sticky-sweet white wine .
12 Were there some were there some people asking you then ?
13 The nameless , the humble , the ignorant and the overlooked were his chosen material , to be recorded and given their true place , and if possible to be transformed by love .
14 Passiflora trifasciata is my latest addition , and its variegated leaves and delicately fringed , pure white flowers are extremely appealing .
15 For many years now , legal provision has been made for the importation of workers for the harvesting of fruit and vegetables , there being very specific acknowledgement that this is something native-born Americans can not be persuaded in the necessary numbers to do .
16 It takes quite a bit of practice to orientate and get the right position for the shot , and this is something worthwhile perfecting during the winter or when you are just flying locally .
17 Harvey was in a good mood , balancing plates and saying , ‘ This is something those Russkies do damn well ’ and ‘ pip pip . ’
18 Middlesbrough Council spokesman Mike Clark said : ‘ This is something this council regrets even having to consider but we are struggling to maintain services . ’
19 This is me thirteenth child and I never had one with any of them .
20 ‘ Well , ter tell yer the trufe this is me first interview , ’ he told her .
21 This is its strategic component , the central image which drives the vision .
22 This is its historic mission , as necessary today as it was 100 years ago .
23 The reasons lie in its complex physical chemistry , and central to this is its atomic structure .
24 This is its final position .
25 This is its first publication anywhere .
26 This is its highest level for eight years and will result in an increase of at least one per cent on home loan rates , possibly more .
27 Because this is its primary function , commitment accounting concentrates on orders issued .
28 I paid £130 when I bought it second hand and would like to know if this is its true value .
29 This is its third famine warning in four years , and the direst so far .
30 It stands , alert in its inscrutable knowing that this is its proper season , primed to rebuke the dysfunctioning human subject , a riddling , aleatoric text of querulous combustion .
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