Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] noise " in BNC.
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| 1 | As regards finding more ‘ absolute ’ tempo area indications for automatic mechanical instruments : there are mechanical noises on the recordings I made of the 1793 and undated Niemecz mechanical organs associated with the turning of these instruments ' flywheels . |
| 2 | ‘ Away with your hymns of praise — there are mere noise to my ears . |
| 3 | There were terrible noises in the night ; people being ill , in real pain in the next bed , and I remember somebody being there at night and not being there in the morning . |
| 4 | There 's good noise and bad noise . |
| 5 | And we should bear in mind that there 's potential noise , okay , affecting many parts of this . |
| 6 | Me mum 's me mum 's is alright , it 's just me dad g keeps saying oh there 's these noises and I 'll , and I 'll go in it and there 's no noise . |
| 7 | Pupils are to be found in a number of rooms and there is more noise here . |
| 8 | There was much noise . |
| 9 | There was one noise he kept hearing again and again on his travels that intrigued him . |
| 10 | There was little noise from outside the windows and we appeared cut off from the city and from civilian life in general ; I lay in bed and pulled the sheets up over my nose . |
| 11 | There was less noise now in the town . |
| 12 | Which brings us to ground advantage and the opinion of some of the Scotland players that there was less noise in the Irish match from the now all-seated crowd than in days gone by . |
| 13 | I mean , it was a windy day as well and I do n't think that helped because the wind was sort of blowing into the mike but er and when he took it to college there was this noise all the time , he must have had it clipped under here somewhere ! |
| 14 | not very big but my there was some noise inside there |
| 15 | There was more noise than usual coming through from the landlady 's kitchen . |
| 16 | There was another noise later , but he 's unable to specify when . |
| 17 | Now there was another noise — a police siren screamed into the car park and in a minute there were people everywhere , rushing out of the shop and crowding round the crumpled car . |
| 18 | I shall start it tonight , it 's all noise , it 's all what we are , no matter what their |
| 19 | They like things to be loud and dramatic , and if there 's one thing you ca n't have in good sorcery , it 's loud noises and drama . |
| 20 | She says it 's less noise , and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely . |
| 21 | Certainly what Devon Loch heard at that moment was not a noise which he had heard before , and it was some noise — a raucous surge of patriotic fervour as the Royal horse galloped to certain victory in front of his owner the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret , a rapturous climax befitting what was about to be one of the greatest moments of racing history . |
| 22 | I had all these thoughts in my head but when I spoke it was just noise , just high-pitched noises came out . |
| 23 | He was not tall , close to minimum height in fact , but he was stocky , and he made up for lack of inches with a pressing , high-speed manner which sometimes made people think he was all noise and movement and no intelligence . |
| 24 | ‘ What 's that noise ? |
| 25 | ‘ What 's that noise ? ’ |
| 26 | Furthermore , Derek and his wife are obsessed with their ‘ What 's That Noise ? ’ competition . |
| 27 | " What 's that noise ? |
| 28 | What 's that noise ? |
| 29 | What 's that noise ? |
| 30 | ‘ What 's that noise ? ’ she asked Mrs Medlock . |