Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mistress Philippa is correct . |
| 2 | But then to do it well , so that it all sounds extremely natural — so that it flows and sounds effortless — that requires a long preparation , which everyone at La Scala was happy to give it . |
| 3 | By the time the French approached Moscow , General Kutuzov was ready to stand his ground . |
| 4 | And for the most part Nizan was optimistic about the outcome . |
| 5 | Allan Stewart was appalled . |
| 6 | And it had : James Menzies and Allan Stewart were full of it . |
| 7 | Lisa Spence was unfortunate not to get first prize in the Juvenile Drum Majors section , but happily secured second place . |
| 8 | Welsh manager Jim Mills is angry and has vowed to fight the International Board 's decision , but Lindsay responded by saying : ‘ The credentials for the inclusion of World Cup debutantes Fiji , Tonga and Western Samoa are first class . |
| 9 | Beatrice Webb was shocked when working for Booth in 1888 to hear working-class people tease each other about having babies by their fathers and brothers , and discussing the violation of little children . |
| 10 | The young Beatrice Webb was convinced of the importance of family life for women and during the 1880s desperately desired an intimate relationship with the leading politician , Joseph Chamberlain , yet she knew that to marry him would cut her off for ever from the purposeful life of work that she also wanted . |
| 11 | Plainly on his return to Moscow Lonsdale was able to brief the KGB on security at Wormwood Scrubs . |
| 12 | That Husameddin , perhaps unluckily , has wholly misrepresented Ibn Hajar is incontrovertible , however . |
| 13 | She still felt , in some calm and detached part of her mind , that Buck Kettering was alive and would n't want their holiday ruined . |
| 14 | On the fifth day of mobilisation , Lieut-Colonel Deyns was able to report that the Field Ambulance was equipped according to scale , and ready to move . |
| 15 | The couple eventually eloped but their happiness away from Antenor 's disapproval was brief : five months after their marriage , Maria Isabel was dead from a fatal brain disorder . |
| 16 | She knew then that Devlin Parnham was right . |
| 17 | People from West LA were embarrassed , but then the dealers shot up her house and she had to move away . ’ |
| 18 | Indeed , so pressing were the requests to see her , and no doubt her eccentric widower as well , that Martin Van Butchell was obliged to place an announcement in the St James 's Chronicle on 21 October 1775 , restricting the hours for viewing and putting conditions on those who wished to view . |
| 19 | That Van Butchell was willing to pay the 100 guineas is interesting and suggests that there were no bounds to his eccentricities . |
| 20 | Patrick Milligan was careful to keep it hypothetical , mindful of the dark look on Patsy 's face . |
| 21 | At a national level CPRW is concerned that the principles of good planning , as envisaged in the post war Town & Country Planning Acts , are rigorously applied throughout the Principality . |
| 22 | Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line . |
| 23 | He insisted he had not abdicated , but what should he do know ? *q Before any advice could given , at least by the British the Shah and Soraya flew on to Rome — perhaps because King Faisal was embarrassed by his presence in Baghdad and perhaps because the Shah thought they would be sager and more comfortable in the Italian capital . |
| 24 | SHALLOW , SELF-important , with a reputation well out of proportion to his meagre talent , Kenneth Branagh is British Culture 's idea of a modern Renaissance man . |
| 25 | " Colonel Blair is right , " said Sir Edmund . |
| 26 | Jon Taylor was responsible for both their goals . |
| 27 | Gary Kelly was impressive with his calm approach to the game . |
| 28 | By 4 am Gary Humphreys was dead , having suffered a broken jaw and choked to death on his own blood . |
| 29 | She felt it was about time too , but Patrick Kelly was dangerous for her . |
| 30 | That put the tin lid on it as far as Patrick Kelly was concerned . |