Example sentences of "is [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is me thirteenth child and I never had one with any of them . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ter tell yer the trufe this is me first interview , ’ he told her . |
| 3 | A PARCEL winging its way around the country carrying a homing device may sound like something straight from the pages of a James Bond story but there is nothing top secret about the idea . |
| 4 | In my book , there is nothing this ex-president has done , or said , since leaving the White House which is worthy of attention — especially considering the many worthy things ex-presidents can do and say . |
| 5 | So it 's off erm six foot six inch , what is yours eleven foot ? |
| 6 | Rather a text of the play is my principal experience of it , in the case of the scholarly Arden edition complete with a daunting textual apparatus which can be examined at leisure . |
| 7 | ‘ I ( your name ) take you ( your partner 's name ) to be my wife ( husband ) , to have and to hold , from this day forward , for better , for worse , for richer , for poorer , in sickness and in health , to love and to cherish , till death us do part , according to God 's holy law ; and this is my solemn vow . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yury Vladimirovich is my closest friend , he and I are like two brothers , we used to play football together when we were little . |
| 9 | ‘ Daphne is my closest friend , Tina . |
| 10 | ‘ Bernie is my closest pal in football . |
| 11 | observed , almost by way of invitation , at p. 329b : ‘ It may be that the House of Lords will feel able to take such a step but it is my present view that this is a matter for consideration by Parliament . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This is my present abode , ’ he said , tapping his head . |
| 13 | Optimism is my middle name because , unable to agree on a name , my parents stuck a pin in a dictionary . |
| 14 | ‘ Distraction is my middle name . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Discretion is my middle name , ’ said Alex . |
| 16 | Like why is my entire kitchen chipped ? |
| 17 | ‘ He is my perpetual pleasure , ’ Dorothy wrote in March 1796 . |
| 18 | He died in 1942 and it is my lasting regret that after I left Oxford I did not see him again ; I still have the letters he wrote me when I was in the Sudan . |
| 19 | Furious mother-of-three Paula raged : ‘ I 'm doing this really massive thing tomorrow and all you want to know about is my effing television licence . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It is my stated purpose , ’ wrote one New York Post columnist , ‘ in this primary season to run Bill Clinton right back to the segregated golf course . ’ |
| 21 | Install a hard drive instead of one of the floppies — the advantage of this is that it is the least expensive but the major disadvantage is my complete lack of technical knowledge and the need to purchase and install the controller which I understand my machine does not have . |
| 22 | ‘ And Lilian is my right-hand man . |
| 23 | Otherwise , this is my regular base . ’ |
| 24 | As is my usual practice , I pruned the first year 's growth back hard to produce several stems instead of just one , and I have been well rewarded for my efforts . |
| 25 | And last year I could n't say well this is my long-term objective . |
| 26 | The kimono is my traditional dress . |
| 27 | And talking of the death of the novel , here is my all-purpose article on the subject , available for a modest fee to any hack who wants to put it out under his own byline : |
| 28 | For the most part these themes are well illustrated by the collections of Roman antiquities in the British Museum , and it is my general purpose to offer some historical background to the present exhibitions . |
| 29 | erm that is my general feeling for erm erm erm the position , York 's emerging views erm at the greenbelt local plan enquiry erm were n't shared by the districts er which surround the city , or by the County Council . |
| 30 | ‘ This is my ultimate test , ’ Mr Gorbachev told the US President over their long summit lunch on Saturday . |