Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is the main character of yours likely to be a detective , of any sort . |
| 2 | Uncle Geordie used to laugh and tell me not to be a fearedy-gowk when I said Skipper was trying to bite me . |
| 3 | His fingers touched hers and his heart gave a jolt , but she seemed perfectly in command of herself and had apparently felt nothing , so he told himself not to be a dope , and carried his coffee back to the chesterfield . |
| 4 | After his selection and Police College training he 'd been slightly surprised to find himself not to be a component of an irresistibly righteous machine , but a member of an organisation that was as flawed and human as any other . |
| 5 | He brushed the newspaper angrily off his lap and told himself not to be a fool . |
| 6 | Where an unauthorised act outside the normal scope of his authority is committed by a partner or someone holding himself out to be a partner , liability will not attach to the firm . |
| 7 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 8 | Hyatt , a Canadian case which was decided by the Privy Council , it was held that where a director holds himself out to be the agent of the shareholders , then he owes the same fiduciary duties as would an ordinary agent to his principal . |
| 9 | Own branders The liability applies under s2(2) ( b ) to : ( b ) any person who , by putting his name on the product or using a trade mark or other distinguishing mark in relation to the product , has held himself out to be the producer of the product . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not making me out to be a liar . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They made me out to be a hooligan , which I 'm not . ’ |
| 12 | She obviously had not noticed anything out of the ordinary , and Dorothy told herself not to be a fool imagining things . |
| 13 | ‘ Promises ! ’ she exclaimed on a loving laugh , and thereafter put herself out to be the epitome of all she thought he would most dislike in a woman , shyly calling him darling whenever she had the chance . |
| 14 | He knew what blow had knocked proud Lucifer , the first angel , out of the sky and hurtled him down to be the founder of Hell . |
| 15 | " Then tell him not to be a fool , for God 's sake . |
| 16 | Mary had told her not to be a fool , to come to her house and get a decent night 's sleep . |
| 17 | Set him up to be a laughing-stock . |
| 18 | They only person in the play to whom he reveals some of his real feelings is Roderigo , but only while using him as a tool , spending his money , and working him up to be the accomplice in his attack on Othello . |
| 19 | Martin Potter 's press photos made him out to be a cross between James Dean and Marlon Brando . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're making her out to be a bit heartless , ’ Harry protested awkwardly . |
| 21 | ‘ I never made her out to be the Lady of the Camellias , ’ protested Hilary . |
| 22 | The blood had been washed from his face and body , and he was still wearing the very good quality underwear that showed him indeed to be the son of an aristocratic family , who , despite Robespierre and Talleyrand still gave one of their sons to the Church . |
| 23 | On the Tuesday Ramsey called on his former best man Eric Abbott in London , who had urged him never to be a bishop in England . |
| 24 | Breach of confidence might qualify as unlawful means ( assuming it not to be a tort in itself ) but there has been no subsequent support for Lord Denning M.R. 's suggestion that the concept might extend to ‘ interference with the press . ’ |
| 25 | You 'd prefer it not to be a Copt , would n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | I ca n't believe for one minute that Perry would really give it up to be a video director . |
| 27 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |