Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 2 | it 's easy , you just say I 'm the Government , give me your money , |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What , say you 're the care-giver and I 'm the |
| 5 | ‘ Sir Fulke , you say you are the executor of Sir Ralph 's will ? ’ |
| 6 | It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Close observers of Microsoft say that what really interest it is the licensing fees it says Sun should be paying . |
| 9 | ‘ I expect it 's the sidh , is n't it ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I expect it 's the hat . ’ |
| 11 | I expect it 's the weather . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The majority say it is the fault of a Weak Government which could not run a Whelk Stall . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ They say it is the cry of the Hound of the Baskervilles , ’ I replied . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | ‘ The people say it 's the Hound of the Baskervilles , which is calling for something to hunt and kill . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Americans say it 's the centre of the art world , but quite where in America I would n't understand . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He is always having problems with his ears , they say it 's the grass seeds that irritate them . ’ |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When I say it 's the sort of answer you want I mean it 's the sort that might help you ! |
| 26 | As you say it 's the sort of thing that might appeal to people because then they can go and look at their poster . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Others say it was the shortage of pubs , shops , churches , transport and police stations . |
| 30 | Say it was the beginning of a feeling that you would like me . |