Example sentences of "to be [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right there are two kinds of courts that policemen , well there 's several kinds of court , but the main courts that policemen go to are a magistrate 's court where there is what 's known as , they are magistrates or JPs , Justice of the Peace , and they sit there and you have to give evidence . |
| 2 | In the land behind me , in what used to be no man 's land is hidden the bunker where Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide at the end of the war . |
| 3 | IT just has to be every teacher 's nightmare — to turn up for the new term and face TEN sets of twins . |
| 4 | Well and he used to come regular every Friday afternoon , and he used to go the s a ch lower down you know , after you pass the police station on the left there , there used to be a butcher 's place there . |
| 5 | This dialogue between her and her admirer , Morland Beddoes , is most significant — it deserves to be a locus classicus of criticism , and gives the final justification for Elizabeth 's sort of art : |
| 6 | The ceremony was hosted by a couple dressed in matching velvet Babygros , his tipped off by a woolly bobble , hers with what appeared to be a cat 's tail . |
| 7 | It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right . |
| 8 | There ought to be a system er to allow limited access at least outside of normal hours , yes they 're called keys . |
| 9 | She had a voice and intonation exactly like those of the history mistress at Alice 's school , an elderly lady , rumoured to be a baronet 's sister . |
| 10 | A GIRL in Ilford was asked if she would like to be a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 11 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 12 | ( d ) As she discussed with her father when they were recently reconciled , she has ceased to be a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 13 | He surrendered at New York 's John F Kennedy airport where his gun turned out to be a starter 's pistol that fired blanks . |
| 14 | He surrendered at New York 's John F Kennedy airport where his gun was found to be a starter 's pistol . |
| 15 | There 's soon to be a beginners ' wall as well , but the most impressive construction is an immense leading wall built by DR Climbing Walls . |
| 16 | In particular he thinks the educated should have at least two votes , he does n't say how many erm that 's a matter determined case-by-case I take it , erm erratically it could be a thousand votes I mean he does n't rule that out , he does n't say it has to be more than one er two , but erm his view is that the educated to a specially privileged in a specially privileged position because they are erm more able to use their vote sensibly or to be given more than one vote , so we need now there 's going to be a question erm how do you know who the educated people are to make such suggestions , anyone with a university degree will be pleased to hear gets more than one vote on Mill 's system . |
| 17 | I never asked to be a witch 's daughter . ’ |
| 18 | It happened to be a goods ' entrance , and as she pushed open the heavy doors and slipped inside the deafening noise hit her — of hammering and drilling and the drone of the hydraulic pumps that operated the floor levels together with the shouts of the men operating the overhead cranes . |
| 19 | This book is meant to be a layman 's guide to the evolution of the smaller English house . |
| 20 | whoever I mean it 's going to be a day 's job is n't it ? |
| 21 | Against all odds , too , smallholders persisted in trying to grow com , for ploughing and reaping , rather than minding sheep , was held to be a man 's proper work ; the argument that the cornfield was the nursery of archers , who still formed the backbone of English armies , looks like a rationalisation of this instinct . |
| 22 | Although there is no rhyme in the poem , the last words in every second line sound very like each other so that , while the poem can be simple enough to be a man 's thoughts , it also holds together well and sounds good . |
| 23 | ‘ God intended you to be a missionary 's wife , ’ he continued . |
| 24 | ‘ The whole thing could turn out to be a mare 's nest . ’ |
| 25 | –Whyever do n't you take her home with you to be a lady 's maid ! ’ |
| 26 | Jean , however , was a good plain Scottish New Zealander , born in Southland and ideally fit to be a farmer 's wife . |
| 27 | He explained he had met a woman who was ideally suited to be a farmer 's wife , who went to church regularly , who was honest , sensitive , intelligent , graceful , pure a snow , and extremely beautiful . |
| 28 | There seemed to be a child 's face looking in at the window . |
| 29 | One forgot in the early enthusiasm that the rotors had never been intended to be a ship 's prime movers , too much was expected of them . |
| 30 | Which member of the shadow cabinet used to be a ship 's steward ? |