Example sentences of "be [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The officials at Preston have been nothing but encouraging and in the early days the coaching staff put in a lot of time to make up for my lack of experience . |
| 2 | The little jokes , the smiles , the anecdotes about his childhood , about his city , had been nothing but clever prelude to her seduction but the worst of it was that she 'd been so damnably easy to seduce . |
| 3 | There had still been nothing of that kind from John 's kidnappers and for the first time I began to have serious doubts about whether he was alive ; I began to feel less sure of it deep inside , where it mattered . |
| 4 | It was now thrashing feebly about in the straw trying to get its tangle of legs in order , a whole , complete , new horse — when five minutes ago there had been nothing at all save him thinking Firelight had indigestion . |
| 5 | There had been nothing at all before . |
| 6 | There 's been a more limited but still a fairly substantial amount of work done in this country , and there has been nothing at all , we 've had done locally . |
| 7 | ‘ You know how word gets out in the golf business , but there 's been nothing on this one . |
| 8 | Du n no , I mean there 's been nothing like that in here . |
| 9 | ‘ I am nothing without this little flat . |
| 10 | Makepeace 's classes are nothing but advanced courses in riot-fomentation . |
| 11 | Athletico are nothing but money-grabbing bastards . |
| 12 | It is not only impossible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations which are nothing but abstract relations , but it is only possible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations that refer directly to observable phenomena in material reality . |
| 13 | According to Dunsire ( 1982 , p. 15 ) , ‘ quango-hunting ’ has since 1979 ‘ become a Conservative blood-sport , under the illusion that they are nothing but wasteful ‘ empire-building ’ ' . |
| 14 | Criticisms from ex-players , in my opinion , are nothing but sour grapes . |
| 15 | No Jean , you ai n't got ta say who you are nothing like that bye ! |
| 16 | America believes that the future prosperity and security of Eastern Europe are nothing like guaranteed . |
| 17 | Those guests up in the holiday village are nothing like these people , Doctor . |
| 18 | When people talk , the sounds they make are nothing like written words . |
| 19 | ‘ No way am I worth that sort of money , and it 's annoying because I 've started getting begging letters . |
| 20 | ‘ Am I on next ? ’ she mouthed silently , not daring to make a sound . |
| 21 | One grey-haired captain , a rough old chap , sat and sat not saying a word , mute as a mackerel , then suddenly got up in the middle of the room ad , you know , said aloud as if speaking to himself , ‘ If there 's no God then what sort of a Captain am I after that ? ’ , ad seized his cap and threw up his arms and went out . |
| 22 | Am I in that ? |
| 23 | Where am I in this name ? |
| 24 | Why am I in this position ? |
| 25 | It could n't possibly have been yours after all , now could it ? |
| 26 | ‘ He is not — nor is he likely to be as far as I can make out — although Matt dropped a hint that there had been someone at one stage . |
| 27 | Although advances such as secondary high-limit thermostats , which cut off the power if the fryer overheats , are now fitted as standard on almost all machines , there have been plenty of other developments . |
| 28 | There have been plenty of good writers who were also Christians . |
| 29 | Despite the reports of political violence and killing , there has been plenty of genuine electioneering . |
| 30 | There 've always been plenty of kindly brother officers to bring it to my attention . |