Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
| 2 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 3 | Say you 're the nearest I can find in the book , Filton I should try . |
| 4 | They all say you are the best houngan in Haiti . |
| 5 | Erm , we also , again I mean , as you say , we always look at ourselves and say we 're the best team in the company . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect they 're the same ones he used to tell me . ’ |
| 7 | People say they were the good old days , but oh I do n't think . |
| 8 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 9 | Its admirers say it is the consummate manager . |
| 10 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 11 | ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’ |
| 12 | There really is something to celebrate as the new hospital opens — its consultants say it is the best in the country — with a standard of care and treatment equalling that in private hospitals combined with the facilities to continue pioneering research into skin disease . |
| 13 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 14 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 15 | Education officials in Milton Keynes say it is the latest in a series of attacks on schoolgirls . |
| 16 | That 's right , just say it 's the thirty one one ninety four . |
| 17 | They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling . |
| 18 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 19 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 20 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 21 | ‘ I never say it 's the best car in the world , ’ he replied , ’ but I believe we are the best at making a car in our class . |
| 22 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 23 | They say it 's the one lollipop goes up . |
| 24 | They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs . |
| 25 | But others say it 's the only way to avoid accusations of a whitewash . |
| 26 | Student leaders say it 's the only way they can fight for their rights . |
| 27 | Shock tactics.Parents of drink-drive victim say it 's the only way . |
| 28 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 29 | It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place |
| 30 | They say it 's the wrong place and will pose a threat to their children . |