Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One explained , ‘ It 's his choice to be that way . |
| 2 | Do you speak very quietly when you 're playing out when it 's your turn to be Rush . |
| 3 | It 's your turn to be a star . ’ |
| 4 | So far only the local city authority has nominated its three members and the identity of the new President is still a matter of speculation : after ten years of Socialist rule the Christian Democrats feel it is their turn to be represented , but so far no suitable candidate has emerged . |
| 5 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
| 6 | Yet the diplomacy itself must be adequately rendered , and it is its nature to be very detailed and complicated . |
| 7 | It is his duty to be responsible for the safe custody of all the council 's books of record , documents and title and the common seal . |
| 8 | " Now it is my turn to be sorry , " he said , knowing she would n't understand what he meant . |
| 9 | It is your turn to be the good guy who always wins in the end , but who must first dispatch a host of vicious villains . |
| 10 | It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and applicable visa . |
| 11 | It is your responsibility to be in possession of a valid passport and any visa which may be necessary . |
| 12 | By this time I was sorely in need of a toilet , and it was her turn to be alarmed when she suddenly grasped the meaning of my frantic gestures . |
| 13 | It was her turn to be on the receiving end of that angry glare . |
| 14 | It was her folly to be attracted to the wrong kind of man , but perhaps one day she might learn her lesson . |
| 15 | And it was her duty to be guided by an intellectual judgement and authority that was superior to hers — in other words , her husband 's or her father 's . |
| 16 | The question about tackling more tasks on the farm than at present was to ascertain if women : ( a ) wanted to do more , or ( b ) thought it was their responsibility to be able to contribute more to the farm . |
| 17 | Their class were the guardians for the mysterious quality of Britishness ; it was their duty to be fair , honest , and clean in a partial , deceptive and dirty world . |
| 18 | I felt a perverse , and entirely unfair , urge to bang their heads together and tell them it was their duty to be depressed and scruffy like me . |
| 19 | It was my turn to be concerned . |
| 20 | Today it was my turn to be on the receiving end . |
| 21 | This show is the highlight of the year for Rottweiler enthusiasts and it was my privilege to be able to handle a UK import to win Best of Breed here in 1986 . |
| 22 | It was my desire to be active , to earn my way in life , which encouraged me into these new fields , that is it was a positive impulse which drove me on . |
| 23 | Now , it was his turn to be hurt . |
| 24 | As I say the first one that was found had to , it was his turn to be on next . |
| 25 | Now it was his turn to be embarrassed . |
| 26 | Clerval now decided it was his turn to be unpleasant . |
| 27 | Surely it was his duty to be ? she told herself , not realising that at that very moment he was sitting listening to a paper being read at a learned society , his mind occupied with a particularly tricky question he intended to ask when the speaker sat down . |
| 28 | After all , it was our job to be fit if we wanted to keep our place in the team . |