Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you on those bastards ’ side ? ’ |
| 2 | are you on any pills or anything ? |
| 3 | As they drove away , Rose said , ‘ Are you on bad terms with that man ? ’ |
| 4 | These also suggest what the answer should be or indicate the questioner 's point of view , e.g. ‘ Are you against excessive cuts in university funding ? ’ . |
| 5 | Are you like other men ? ’ |
| 6 | Are you in financial difficulties as a result of drinking ? 13 . |
| 7 | Where are the main sugar refineries and why are they in these places ? |
| 8 | ‘ Are they like floating bedsheets with eyes , or glowing skeletons , or banks of mist ? |
| 9 | Are they like heavy colds — something unpleasant but best ignored as they will soon go away ? |
| 10 | From other Regional Commissioners came stories of mattresses , bed linen and clothing having to be destroyed , so infested were they with evacuated lice . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's me with thirty-five men to feed , and not a morsel in my larder tent ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ When you have chosen the book you want , bring it to me so I can make a note of it and it 's yours for two weeks . |
| 13 | Thank you sir , it 's yours for ninety pounds . |
| 14 | Thank you sir , it 's yours for ninety pounds and that 's for number two one three thank you . |
| 15 | ‘ Is she on any drugs ? ’ |
| 16 | The Bible occupies a unique and normative position by which to judge the statements of other sacred writings , be they from other religions or Christian devotional classics . |
| 17 | A ‘ telling-off ’ , be it at maximum decibels , or in a quiet but cutting tone of voice , is probably the most frequently used form of sanction . |
| 18 | The Institute of Statisticians continues to be deeply concerned with both the provision of adequate statistical information and the monitoring of potential misuse , be it by political parties , television , radio and the Press or any other vested interest group which might benefit from such misuse . |
| 19 | What 's he worth these days ? |
| 20 | From the second point of view , the central issue would not be ‘ What is it about black children that causes them to fail ? ’ but ‘ What is wrong with an educational system that produces failure and does not recognize the cultural distinctiveness of black people , whether West Indian or Asian ? ’ |
| 21 | But what is it about these forms of thought that is ‘ idealist ’ ? |
| 22 | What is it about these lads that excites teenagers ? |
| 23 | Is it worth four hours of oxygen therapy for somebody with a cons er , an airways disease ? |
| 24 | What is it with these Iranians and their second sight ? |
| 25 | What is it with these Iranians ? |
| 26 | Without women , life is a pub , a reptile bar at a quarter to three Have you noticed , you guys , the way black or blue or red underpants stay clean for days on end , whereas white underpants — what is it with white underpants ? |
| 27 | But how is it for those birds which ca n't even fly , such as the penguins of the southern oceans ? |
| 28 | Well I think it is They ought to last a fair time they I mean it 's not gon na be abused really is it at those windows ? |
| 29 | Is it in the most influential publications for your market or is it in small publications with a limited circulation ? |
| 30 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |