Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] be [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The novel has a contemporary setting and is about people who meet for an extraordinary dinner party . |
| 2 | Better to be in Florence , alone , independent , not subjected to sudden swings of mood than be with people whom she felt no longer valued her , whatever they said . |
| 3 | Then , waving aloft a sheaf of papers , he uttered the famous lie that was to catapult him into the limelight for four years : ‘ I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department . ’ |
| 4 | And if it were only the future of the Conservative Party that was at stake I would probably agree that electoral chastening would be a good thing . |
| 5 | Your estate that is of course your estate in this context is everything you own . |