Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adv] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could be quite sort of interesting . |
| 2 | He imagined labour as it would be , had it not been formulated by capitalism , and say that it would then be merely an aspect of the total business of living , unseparated from such activities as recreation , consumption , family life : that it would be just part of existence . |
| 3 | The fleet will be shipped around the world to venues where the sailing will be just part of a larger event . |
| 4 | come out will be really sort of squirting out . |
| 5 | We 've heard tonight , and I do not believe it , a plea from Councillor , the Chairman of Social Services , that he wants ring fencing of Local Government money , I E the Government sends us our money and says , you will spend it on that and that and that and there will be now power of Local Councils to decide what the needs are in their areas and what their priorities are . |
| 6 | One can be both part of the international abstract art and some of his work is abstract , and even in that context bring into it qualities that once one knows the idiom people can recognize as purely English and one can also , at the same time as he was much of the time , be a figurative artist that do landscapes , interiors , figure paintings ( rarely ) , and figure drawings of a very high quality , and again they are partly of an international modern and they are partly essentially English works . |
| 7 | Sheep can be very sort of skittish and excitable . |