Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The indifference of Limnititzkers to the great outdoors is well-known ; the only landscapes that interest them are the hills of a totally discorporeal Zion . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , I realise I 'm the baby of the family , and a mere female — ’ the latter drew a bleak smile from her father , acknowledging a point of contention between them spanning several years ‘ — but I do n't see how just a fire can mean the end of everything ! |
| 3 | it 's easy , you just say I 'm the Government , give me your money , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | What , say you 're the care-giver and I 'm the |
| 6 | ‘ Sir Fulke , you say you are the executor of Sir Ralph 's will ? ’ |
| 7 | It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned . |
| 8 | They say we are the turkeys but you better believe , We 'll be doing all the stuffing , In the Mid-Counties Combination League . |
| 9 | Our adverts say we 're the professionals , the experts , the specialists . |
| 10 | But just a mile across the city , their rivals say they 're the originals . |
| 11 | They have fiery red eyes and some say they are the Devil 's own pets , roaming the countryside with him each evening in search of the newly dead . |
| 12 | Close observers of Microsoft say that what really interest it is the licensing fees it says Sun should be paying . |
| 13 | ‘ I expect it 's the sidh , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | I expect it 's the petals and |
| 15 | ‘ I expect it 's the hat . ’ |
| 16 | I expect it 's the weather . |
| 17 | But I expect it is the effects of expatriation . |
| 18 | She thought more about losing the coal to Mrs Phipps than about Granny , it seemed to me then , but I expect it was the shock that caused her to react in that way . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall . |
| 21 | Some say they should bring back hanging ; others say it is the politicians they should hang ; but most say there is nothing anybody can do at all . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ They say it is the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles , ’ I replied . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ They say it 's the Iraqis , but no one is going to lift a finger of complaint even , until the case is watertight . ’ |
| 28 | I think they say it 's the hills , do n't they , that er |
| 29 | The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand . |
| 30 | Well things that they the actually say anything which is sort of a sign that you listening , understanding but if they delay it , it 's say it 's the women that pauses , wanting some sort of suddenly realizes |