Example sentences of "[pron] 's [verb] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she 's determined not to be held back by her condition . |
| 2 | She 's not all the Iron Lady she 's cracked up to be . |
| 3 | WANTED : FEMALES OVER 16 any size , any shape to write to a bored 19-year-old male who 's fed up with being single for most of the year . |
| 4 | Is it the valuable service it 's made out to be ? |
| 5 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |
| 6 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |
| 7 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |
| 8 | ‘ This has always been my favourite room , ’ says Mary Jane , ‘ and it 's turned out to be a perfect playroom for Emily and her friends . |
| 9 | It 's shaping up to be an exciting climax to the group and I know Billy Bingham wants to end his managerial career on a high note . ’ |
| 10 | The caravanning life is n't all it 's painted up to be . |
| 11 | It 's trying not to be seen in fact . |
| 12 | We feel it 's bound eventually to be open for 24 hours . ’ |
| 13 | The DPP will face one of 4 choices , not to proceed because of lack of evidence , not to proceed because it 's deemed not to be in the public interest , to issue a caution , or to sanction a prosecution . |
| 14 | He found The Rake 's Progress ‘ perspicacious , witty in spite of its stark drama , and thorough as regards research into the period ’ , but he added that ‘ I 'm afraid it 's not half what it 's cracked up to be . ’ |
| 15 | The movie also has a strong message : that wealth is n't all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 16 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 17 | That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be . |
| 18 | Personally , I do n't believe it is all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 19 | Sun Microsystems Inc took exception to the story we wrote saying the new SparcClassic is n't all it 's cracked up to be because it ca n't hack it as a standalone thanks to Solaris eating up all its disk and internal memory ( UX No 416 ) . |
| 20 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 21 | " Well , it 's not everything it 's cracked up to be . " |
| 22 | ‘ Do you think AZT is all it 's cracked up to be ? ’ |
| 23 | Or would that be the final admission that everything in Paradise is not what it 's cracked up to be ? |
| 24 | You know , it 's turning out to be a brilliant story to do . |
| 25 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 26 | But although Mansell has won the first four races this season , he 's trying not to be over-confident about making it five . |
| 27 | He 's trying hard to be patient , really trying — it was the last thing she had expected , such a shame she could n't reward him . |
| 28 | He 's Jewish and he 's saving up to be Jewish . |
| 29 | and so on , but he 's moving away from being a completely response lead |
| 30 | He 's asked not to be considered , for a while at least . |