Example sentences of "be [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Rangers will find out this morning if Mark Hateley is to miss any more than the one game , against Marseille , that will be his automatic punishment for being sent off in the match with FC Brugge . |
| 2 | David Roberts 's reputation as an architectural painter seems to have been his only qualification to be a member of the panel . |
| 3 | It is my great pleasure to be here with you on this happy occasion and to help Annabelle and Steven celebrate their marriage . |
| 4 | It is my great pleasure to be here this morning to express my sincere gratitude to you , my fellow members , for electing me as your National President for 1993/94 . |
| 5 | But Ted just smiled and said , ‘ This is my last chance to be happy . |
| 6 | However long he was at Stockport — and it was not long — he is its only Master to be recorded ( as a poet ) in the Dictionary of National Biography . |
| 7 | It is the audience for which they and the play exist ; that is their whole reason for being . |
| 8 | ‘ When is your next child to be born ? |
| 9 | When is our final meeting to be ? ’ |
| 10 | Extract from a letter received from an ex-member of the Womens Royal Air Force after a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House ‘ It was my good fortune to be given a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House after major surgery . |
| 11 | It was my first experience of being totally responsible for trying to get funds , selling people the idea and overseeing the building . " |
| 12 | He said : ‘ It was my last chance to be a winner . |
| 13 | We had read that the Toraja hunted heads until as recently as the 1920s , but they were feared by their neighbours less for their ferocity than for their magic , part of which was their unnerving reputation for being able to cause the dead to walk . |
| 14 | Then she realized it was her own desire to be valued , noticed even , that made her want to do something that would n't take a minute once she 'd started . |
| 15 | This was her weekly reward for being a mum . |
| 16 | He considered that it was his primary duty to be a divine and theologian rather than a political bishop . |