Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have n't got anything else to say so could I be chairperson please ?
2 ‘ Shall I be mother and pour or d' you want me to disappear while you two talk Jockey Club business . ’
3 ‘ Shall I be mother ? ’ she looked at Ven to enquire .
4 But will she be second on goal difference above Masham Reserves ?
5 There 's a waiting list of three after the first ten and I do n't see why you should n't persuade Ryan to let you be No. 4 on that .
6 Do n't you be downtrodden Muriel .
7 ‘ Would you be Joy ? ’
8 Why do n't you be God ?
9 If all the talk is about position all we might hear would be equivalent to ‘ You be number 33 ’ , ‘ OK , you be 32 and I 'll tell my neighbour to be 34 ’ .
10 ‘ What will you be doing for her ? ’
11 Should you be pleb enough to require chips with breakfast , remember to ask for fries .
12 His Postscript evokes the aim of a white-coated Doctor Kundera ‘ to solve an aesthetic problem : how to write a novel which would be a ‘ critique of poetry ’ and yet at the same time would itself be poetry ’ .
13 Even a kind of guerrilla warfare is enjoyed and can in itself be life sustaining ( Mattinson and Sinclair , 1979 ) .
14 The intrinsic value of the ball , in contrast — say its beauty — would follow from the intrinsic nature made up of such properties but not itself be part of that in virtue of which two balls might be exactly alike .
15 A decision that jurisdiction exists is always a logically necessary precondition to the exercise of jurisdiction : because it is logically prior to the exercise of jurisdiction , it can not in itself be part of the exercise of jurisdiction .
16 ( e ) Projections Prima facie an external feature ( whether ornamental or not ) fixed to an external wall enclosing the demise will itself be part of the demised property ( Sturge v Hackett ) .
17 Can we be friends now , with no awkwardness and no regrets ? ’
18 Shall we be friends
19 But let me be Carruthers , Hannele .
20 Let me be mysen , and let me feel as if tha' wor littler than me ! dunna ma'e me feel sma' , an' down ! — else I canna stop wi' thee .
21 Let them be reshod . ’
22 But we 've got a very close-knit family , in that if two people are n't getting on , everybody in the family will make them be friends .
23 If undesirables were eliminated , let them be members of the bourgeoisie , as in Russia , rather than paupers .
24 Let them be wives to you .
25 For example , the stipulated interest rate that applies , should there be delay in completion , may be too high .
26 There be liberty to the …
27 If he is convicted of this crime [ this ] punishment follows : the loss of members , that there be member for member for when a virgin is defiled she loses her member and therefore let her defiler be punished in the parts in which he offended .
28 the full squad is on standby … will there be changes
29 Could there be pointers here as to how some clergy and wives could find more resources in mutuality for their heavy ministerial demands ?
30 Will there be protection for those who have served in the Territorial Army for some 10 years , so that they may be allowed to complete their service and receive their TA decorations ?
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