Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] [noun] in [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the surface weather observer will take temperature , pressure , humidity , erm the wind speed and direction , he will study visibility , he will see whether it 's raining or there are showers in his vicinity , erm study the amount of cloud , the type of cloud above him as he can see it , erm all these details will feed in onto a routine hourly observation . |
| 2 | Britain has little to fear because although there are deficiencies in our law it is much better than most . |
| 3 | She was smiling , although there were tears in her grey eyes . |
| 4 | No doubt it will very quickly become apparent to the reader that there are differences in their philosophical assumptions that may not be reconcilable . |
| 5 | Now , you , you 're , that 's a subjective feeling , you do n't actually know that there are neurones in your blood sugar level , but you , you certainly know when you need something to eat and it , it 's a kind of subjective feeling and it 's not farfetched in the least to claim that our genes have rigged our brain in that way to do that because obviously we 'd like to have more reproductive success if you know when you 're hungry than when you do n't and it may be that a lot of , in a lot of other ways genes affect our , our behaviour through similar erm effects , that is subjective feelings we have , often of an emotional nature to make us want to do certain things and an an and dislike doing others , and it may be that we , we 're really kind of lumbered with that . |
| 6 | What Hollywood had been doing was living off its wits and trying to survive as best it could but it now responded to this challenge not necessarily by taking Dr Dale 's ‘ entire world ’ as its range but at least by ensuring that there were values in its films . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 'm avoiding Broad Street because of the cranes , ’ Meg replied , and Lee saw that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 8 | Anne looked at me and I could see , even in the state I was in , that there were tears in her eyes . |
| 9 | I had not realized until then that there were tears in my eyes . |
| 10 | There was no denying the fact that there were gaps in her memory because of the drugs . |
| 11 | Mr Ian Karsten , for the board , told a Bristol University appeal committee hearing that there were passages in his script which were ‘ bizarre and remarkable and which require explanation ’ . |
| 12 | The east coast has more bays , coves , villages and anchorages to visit than there are days in your holiday , and the west coast has dramatic cliffs , sea caves and a spectacular rock arch to explore . |
| 13 | One famous example of this was when he asked students to pretend that they were boarders in their own homes , and to behave accordingly . |
| 14 | At best , any reading of line A is bound to be provisional ; the precise sense of the " grass " image that it is grass in its aspect of impermanence ( absence of ) awaits a reading of line B. |
| 15 | ‘ Can we help it if we 're putty in your hands ? ’ |
| 16 | He grins in recollection and there 's mischief in his eyes . |
| 17 | My beard is black and there 's soot in my . |
| 18 | The extent of nectar production is apparently associated with pollinator size and there is variation in its sugar content and dilution . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's a winner and there is aggression in his game , but he 's now a more mature player who tries to keep out of trouble . ’ |
| 20 | And there are flowers in their hair and loose yellow flowers strewn about under their bare feet on the ground . |
| 21 | I have watched Nigel on video , and there are flaws in his attack . |
| 22 | Miss Phoebe 's pitted cheeks were quite pink and there were tears in her eyes . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , ’ she said , ‘ I see that for all your fine words you are much like the rest , ’ and there were tears in her eyes when she turned away from him . |
| 24 | They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over . |
| 25 | Carrie 's hand dropped away from his arm and there was relief in her voice when she said , ‘ I saw you leaving and was worried about you . ’ |
| 26 | She was still breathless and there was air in her words . |
| 27 | He filled up the doorway with his uneasy bulk and there was defiance in his eyes . |
| 28 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 29 | But his face was full and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 30 | His hands and feet seemed to be constantly moving in almost impossibly splendiferous patterns , his eyes shone like June blackberries and there was music in his voice which seemed to roll up in great hopeful waves from deep in his abdomen . |