Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] be [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here she was , talking to Nigel , who , admittedly , was very attractive in a blatant sort of way , and all she could think of was David Kent 's long eyelashes and his beautiful brown eyes ! |
| 2 | Daisy wished she could paint it , but you 'd need to be Lady Butler to capture that lot . |
| 3 | As an example he cites Europe ; his political passion — just as it would appear to be Mrs Thatcher 's bete noir . |
| 4 | ‘ My favourite hairdresser would have to be Trevor Sorbie . |
| 5 | ‘ I am afraid it would have to be Captain Owen , ’ he said . |
| 6 | If I had to name the twentieth-century figure who reminds me most of corduroys , it would have to be Albert Einstein . |
| 7 | ‘ If we are talking about who has contributed most to hairdressing , it would have to be Vidal Sassoon . |
| 8 | It may prove to be Margaret Thatcher 's most lasting contribution to her party , for it is changing it irrevocably . |
| 9 | For half of the twelve tracks here , the Labèques use acoustic pianos ( that has always struck me as an oddity , by the way : a piano , or a guitar that was n't acoustic would be damned difficult to record ; the only non-acoustic piano that I can think of is Joseph Cooper 's dummy keyboard ) ; for the others we are told they play ‘ MIDI Grand pianos & Synthesisers ’ . |