Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might even say we are gut feminists . |
| 2 | I could easily prove it was suicide . ’ |
| 3 | They could always claim they were family heirlooms . ’ |
| 4 | He repeated the act ( the greenkeeper would probably say it was vandalism ) at the 14th green . |
| 5 | Consequently , the neighbourhood they live in , the interests they have , the lifestyle of their friends and colleagues , will necessarily determine what is reality for the child . |
| 6 | Staff at the landing gear plant have recently been asked to take a pay freeze or face redundancies ; unions hope the firm will now change it 's mind . |
| 7 | The League Against Cruel Sports will now turn it 's attention to the next major debate on fox-hunting in the House of Commons next month . |
| 8 | They 've been told they can only get they 're money back from the sale of assets , when the comnpany goes into receivership at the end of April . |
| 9 | This is not a depressive or suicidal phenomenon but is related to the particular effect of the dissociative state upon the mind : ‘ If you have a full-blown experience of K , you can never believe there is death , or that death can possibly influence who you are . ’ |