Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [noun] [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Karajan was a man of considerable good humour , with a fund of musical anecdotes and a talent for musical mimicry , does not obscure the existence of that more private self that Steiner claims to have glimpsed and which was also evident in Karajan 's long-standing preoccupation with skiing , flying , and sailing , activities not of some rich playboy , but of a person who since childhood had been uneasy with gregariousness and the urban life . |
| 2 | Central Government has decided how much money should be spent by the City and County Councils and all that we as Councillors have been able to do is to decide , within that limit , how the money is allocated . |
| 3 | Linda had always passed the time of day with her when Doris had been able to get out and about , but now the old woman was con fined to her house with arthritis . |
| 4 | Many locals had had good reason to be grateful to him when times had been hard . |
| 5 | When I got back , my daughter was at my mother 's and my mother said that I should be ashamed of myself because Natasha had been filthy and starving hungry . |
| 6 | The three youths waited , debating within themselves whether honour had been satisfied as he took his attention from them and returned it to Marion ; and suddenly , as his eyes burned into her like a couple of lasers , it was as if the two of them stood alone and everything else was just background . |
| 7 | They had gone out together but there had not been a sexual relationship between them as Faye had been unwilling to sleep with Harris , said Mr Chadd . |