Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story I had heard was that , instead of John Philip Sousa being the great all-American bandmaster he was really an Englishman , born in Gosport , Hants . |
| 2 | Six years ago the only computer I 'd used was some horrid games machine a girlfriend had once become obsessed with . |
| 3 | Rescheduling of such debts has become a necessity for the private banks , and a practice which has emerged is that new agreements have been made conditional on such countries accepting the stringent programmes of the IMF which are intended to promote effective adjustment of a country 's balance of payments and ensure that the use of Fund resources is temporary . |
| 4 | Aye , right I do n't know if you if you feel that the wee chat we 've had is any good but , because we do n't want to chat along too long |
| 5 | It was because the parties had all analysed the nature of the problem we had to decide in the same way that it was agreed at the outset of the hearing before us that the central question we had to answer was this : in what capacity are High Court judges sitting when they sit as visitors to the Inns of Court in disciplinary cases ? |
| 6 | The point I have to make is that with the exception of Andy Townsend ( who 's injured ) the team picks itself . |
| 7 | I th I think the , the most suitable placement I 've found was that one in Dover but there , there , then there 's the the erm the Christian motivation . |
| 8 | Another example of the importance of having time to say goodbye to the person who has died is that of a client I was working with who seemed quite unable to talk about his wife 's death and seemed totally unconcerned that she had died tragically . |
| 9 | The only thing I 've seen is that light there . ’ |
| 10 | The book I 've chosen is this one , Understanding Foreign Policy by Michael Clarke and Brian White who are editors , so if you could note that book down please , Understanding Foreign Policy , it is on your list , Understanding Foreign Policy by Michael Clarke and Brian White . |
| 11 | The model we have adopted is that of applied behavioural analysis ( ABA ) which is used by behaviourists to define problems and design interventions . |
| 12 | But one lesson we have learnt is that patient determination is essential in all rescue operations and one should never be discouraged by temporary setbacks . |
| 13 | — the most interesting thing he has to say is that sadism and masochism are always present in the same person : a masochist is a frustrated sadist , and a sadist is a frustrated masochist . ’ |
| 14 | The system I have adopted is that of a CHRONICLE . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah , we 've actually er , way we 've designed is that erm , it 's actually a sort of , it 's inserted in the ham handbook itself as actually a , sort of separate removal section so they can |
| 16 | He told us that as a young man he had joined the Fire Service in which his father was a Lieutenant , and the first fire he had attended was this crash . |