Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his next movie In The Line Of Fire , he stars opposite John Malcovich : ‘ I 'll just be the actor . |
| 2 | Of course McDunn points out that I could still be the murderer ; this could all be a story I 've made up . |
| 3 | I would rather be the creator of my own success . |
| 4 | I had hoped that his would also be the case with the Emperor Peckoltia because as funds permitted I hoped to build up the numbers from two to four . |
| 5 | I will never be the woman she was . |
| 6 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option but you must either be the user associated with the charge code or an ascendant or descendant of that user . |
| 7 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option but you must either be the user associated with the charge code or an ascendant or descendant of that user . |
| 8 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option ( unless you wish to update user roles ) but you must either be the user you wish to update or an ascendant of that user . |
| 9 | Only after the truce of 1686 with the Poles was it clear that she might well be the force of the future in eastern Europe . |
| 10 | She might just be the key to what I 'm looking for … ’ |
| 11 | If anyone was going to be chosen to usher in the end of the world , she could well be the girl to do it . |
| 12 | But she could sometimes be the diva . |
| 13 | She would simply be the dairymaid Tess , and nothing more . |
| 14 | When he dropped the name of Princess Diana into conversations — she would soon be the Foundation 's patron , he claimed — they took this as further evidence that he was committed to his charity work . |
| 15 | The man who will contact you will probably be the aeroplane passenger . ’ |
| 16 | I mean we could well be the exercise that we embark on , could actually eliminate sectors around York . |
| 17 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that we shall always be the party of lower taxes and the Opposition that of higher taxes ? |
| 18 | I think the bottom line of this issue , frankly , is that the U S er attorney the governmental er investigating authorities in this matter have had this information at their disposal for several years now , had there been any question of G Tec 's behaviour er we would certainly be the subject of something that we are not right now , and that the bottom line is we have been assured from the outset that G Tec has not been a subject of this investigation , that G Tec 's behaviour has been above reproach , and as far as his comments go we we do n't really know what context to put them in . |
| 19 | The carving of the features on the youth 's head , fig. 70 , is so like that of the girl 's that they may well be the work of one artist ; but this has none of the other 's contradictions . |
| 20 | They may also be the bureau manager or they may be a voluntary advice worker with the same caseload as any other member of the team . |
| 21 | Ideological preferences are similarly of little use , since they may simply be the way in which politicians present their views in order to gain public acceptance . |
| 22 | I I mean er I doubt whether we 'll we 'll have a full slate in February anyway so I mean they 'll probably be the option for people to come in later and we 'll probably end up co-opting people later and er I think we should |
| 23 | The former has five gadroons , compared to the three in the Colchester example but , clearly , they might still be the work of the same mosaicist . |
| 24 | If only a few cases were known , they could easily be the result of an animal just happening to die when in a remote spot . |
| 25 | Though private names could still co-exist in this new world , they would soon be the minority . |
| 26 | Thus , while they should be drafted , so far as possible , to withstand judicial scrutiny , they will only be the subject of litigation in exceptional cases . |
| 27 | However , SFX are not limited to the work of those designated in the credits or cited in the Academy Awards as visual effects or sound effects specialists ; they can also be the task of the make-up artist , the stuntman/woman , even the costumier . |
| 28 | They can also be the cause of chimneys which lean : should your chimney stack lean , it is essential to have it rebuilt — there is no other cure . |
| 29 | Given the pluralistic nature of society , they can only be the product of hysteria and demagogic manipulation . |
| 30 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |