Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Oh , I can see him now — ‘ Dragon bones and oyster shells ! ’ he 'd say scornfully , ‘ What good are they against this affliction ! ’
2 What business was it of this woman how she dressed ?
3 Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive , but to be a full member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism was very Heaven .
4 ‘ No way am I worth that sort of money , and it 's annoying because I 've started getting begging letters .
5 So intent was he in this quest that he , and one presumes the rest of his campaign staff , failed to notice the apparent contradictions in his official campaign photograph .
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