Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] be [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Or has it been a build up over a ye number of years |
2 | Or confirm it is a genuine loss at sea . ’ |
3 | In the case of products ( like salt , oil or coal ) which are won or abstracted , the person who wins or abstracts them is the producer . |
4 | The player who trespasses against the rules or ignores them is a ‘ spoil-sport ’ . |
5 | Sir J. Franklin desires me to give his compliments — he is in very good health & hopes you are the same . ’ |
6 | Take It Or Leave It is a much more vocal narrative delivered to a fictional audience with jokes , asides and comments on his own style . |
7 | This connection between economic performance , marriage , and fertility , perhaps the best known empirical association in social science , then worked through the ‘ valve ’ of marriage : delaying marriage or avoiding it was the only practical way of controlling births . |
8 | Not only are the men and women involved people of remarkable courage and strength , but unlike Imperial Typewriters or Spiralynx it is a strike of black workers in an area well known for its tradition of left wing trade union organisation . |
9 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default I am a member of or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in the Company |
10 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default it is a member of or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in the Company |
11 | Or had it been a fruit ? |
12 | Had her sister known David was back in the country , or had it been a shock ? |
13 | Had she been less committed to parenting , perhaps because her children were older and seen to be less in need of her support , or had it been an event which threatened a role or idea to which she was less committed , perhaps losing a part-time job which she did not enjoy , the effect would be less threatening . |
14 | Thirty minutes of oratory and twelve of applause ; or had it been the other way round ? |
15 | Then , opening them again , she resumed her earlier apologetic furtiveness and , like a nocturnal animal twitching before a predator , begged her sister not to laugh , not to make fun of her , not to comment straight away or say she was an idiot or slap her down , but please , please , to let her have her dream about him just for a night . |
16 | Are you , or have you been a carer ? |
17 | Nor has it been the result of government action and state control . |
18 | Cooking and eating it is a grand undertaking . |
19 | Not only , therefore , was William party to the decision to request continuation of the supervision order , but he now looks back and agrees it was the right decision . |
20 | Seeing birds close up and handling them was a vital part of my education . |
21 | In his hands she saw something glint and realised it was a knife . |
22 | She caught a glimpse of colour — dark red — and realised it was a woman 's dress . |
23 | First we thought something fell , but then 15 minutes later we came out and saw the crowds and police and realised it was a bomb . ’ |
24 | He smelt the scent of the roses , and realised it was the first time he had walked here , the first time he had looked at them , in four years . |
25 | She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her . |
26 | He began trying on his mother 's clothing when he was eight and realised he was a transexual when he was 17 . |
27 | In the case of both /Ε/; and /a/ it is the persons for whom the vowel has less significance as a network marker who seem to be leading the linguistic change . |
28 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
29 | Manipulation of ‘ needs ’ by both creating them and satisfying them is the process by which social control is effected . |
30 | Then I put my hair up with one hand and pretended I was a model . |