Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [is] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bulgarians sombrely suggest that she is a dead mother looking for her own baby , while the Spanish say she is the GHOST of an aunt or grandmother , looking to make a gift to her descendants . |
| 2 | Close observers of Microsoft say that what really interest it is the licensing fees it says Sun should be paying . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect it 's the sidh , is n't it ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I expect it 's the hat . ’ |
| 5 | I expect it 's the weather . |
| 6 | As they shift from one adult to another , teachers say it is the video which keeps them under control — a new binge of blood and guts each time they are shuttled past the rental shop . |
| 7 | The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall . |
| 8 | Some say it is the form assumed by the GHOST of a girl disappointed in love , who fruitlessly searches for her sweetheart , a fisherman who was drowned . |
| 9 | ‘ They say it is the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles , ’ I replied . |
| 10 | instead of the monarchy going out and they 're supported by the tax payer if the monarchy go and , say it 's the queen goes |
| 11 | ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill . |
| 12 | So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it . |
| 13 | The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand . |
| 14 | Christians are supposed to forgive , but what if say it 's the mother of somebody who had a child that 's been murdered or if somebody has been raped you can not say that they should forgive you cos they were a Christian . |
| 15 | He is always having problems with his ears , they say it 's the grass seeds that irritate them . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , but when you , when you say it 's the end of time it 's , you get some people saying yes it 's always the end , for some country it 's always er collapses or what me have you , it 's always then for some government or country |
| 17 | Where the editor rattled her half dozen strings of large beads and remarked with a toothy grin : ‘ They say it 's the fashion — ’ Where Gerald , the art editor — who was reputed to have a fabulous house on the Chelsea Embankment full of priceless works of art — was so sensitive that he had to have a soundproof office specially built for him , while his assistant Jeremy padded along like his superior 's spaniel , and if Gerald wore a shirt of subtle pink on Monday , his minion would appear in the same shade on Tuesday . |
| 18 | When I say it 's the sort of answer you want I mean it 's the sort that might help you ! |
| 19 | As you say it 's the sort of thing that might appeal to people because then they can go and look at their poster . |
| 20 | Police say it 's the sort of public spirit required to help to stop the joyriding menace which is still very much in evidence this summer . |
| 21 | Police say it 's the sort of public spirit required to help to stop the joyriding menace which is still very much in evidence this summer . |
| 22 | So if someone said erm bromate or bromide say what 's the difference between calcium bromide and calcium bromate , what the difference be ? |
| 23 | Until eventually they get up at lunchtime , and they say what 's the point of having a shave , I 'm not going anywhere , so they stop shaving . |
| 24 | ‘ Say what is the matter , quickly . ’ |
| 25 | With such a varied contingent of activities I say what is the need for school ! |
| 26 | Er , we call on Labour Mem Members of Parliament to give their support in each of these areas mentioned , and we do constantly have a dialogue and provide what is the union line in terms of erm these particular er issues . |
| 27 | I mean which is the norm now more or less is n't it but he 's I think the third youngest in his class too most of his friends that he brings home are all nine already . |
| 28 | Lot number one hundred and ten one hundred and ten is the bucket-shaped saki pot and cover there 's the pot and cover for ten pounds at ten pounds , fifteen at the back now fifteen is offered and selling for fifteen only , at fifteen pounds , you all done ? |
| 29 | ‘ The path between the car park and the sports centre is quite dark and I imagine it 's the sort of place someone could lie in wait . ’ |
| 30 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |