Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them may be men like John , forced by their male pride and their self-image to suffer in silence . |
| 2 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 3 | ‘ One day I 'll be King of England , ’ I replied . |
| 4 | Yeah it 'll be nice because I 'll be centre of attention cos everybody 'll be wanting to talk to me |
| 5 | ‘ When I was at school I had no idea that one day I 'd be captain of Yorkshire . |
| 6 | Should aught happen to Edward — as God forbid — I would be queen of England ! ’ |
| 7 | The decision of whether I will be meat for crocodiles is up to Banda himself , ’ he told the BBC before his flight . |
| 8 | I will be ambassador for Iran here . " |
| 9 | ‘ In South Africa I would not be able to set up a company like I will be doing for Cummins in Russia . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , my dear , from the moment we 're married you 'll be Countess of Woodleigh . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 12 | She 'd be matron of honour , of course ! |
| 13 | And then you dragged him to the altar , or was it the registrar ? — I 've never had an account of the joyful occasion — and then you came back up here , and-you thought you 'd be Queen of Oswaldston , with your little private income , and your nice stone house , and your upper-class ways . ’ |
| 14 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 15 | ‘ You will be Church of England , ’ said Willie Hamilton , as though Paul had been another species . |
| 16 | You can be dronk in charge of a charcoal line |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd only met her once before that evening , but I feel we 'll be friends for life . ’ |
| 18 | We 'll be concentration on spot perms , taking one area of the head , and perming it to create body ’ . |
| 19 | These ‘ id-impulses ’ may be either for ‘ perverse ’ sexual acts which sometimes can not even be admitted to consciousness as acts which the person desires , or they may be impulses of sadism and destructiveness . |
| 20 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 21 | They must be replacements after damage , but the style is faithfully modelled on the originals . |
| 22 | Nonetheless , both types of abortion are pregnancy wastage , and their frequency in these data is further confirmation of the need for measures to enable young , zero-parity women and older ones with many children to avoid undesirable pregnancy outcomes , among other unwanted effects , and they should be targets for assistance in postponing or terminating childbearing , as appropriate . |
| 23 | In other words , the basic premise behind the establishment of RMCs was that they should be centres of excellence , performing a co-ordinating role for the provision of management education and its development in their regions . |
| 24 | and they 'll be loads of room to fit in |
| 25 | They 'll be jobs with training and potential for career development . |
| 26 | It is as if they might be responses to requests to " write up " exchanged conversation and counsel — some are lyrics and short prose poems on the nature of contemplative life . |
| 27 | I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges . |
| 28 | She would lift a corner of curtain up now and again , imagine she had a blaster with sights attachment , and use her would be playmates for target practice as they leapfrogged and hopscotched around the courtyard below . |
| 29 | They can be objects of thought-acts in reflective consciousness , but they do not qualify as ontological existents . |
| 30 | Never mind , they can be matrons of honour when I decide to tie the knot . ’ |