Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for nothing is water polo an Italian expression to describe business life : the fouls are done with the feet under the water where the umpire can not see them . ’ |
| 2 | Not for nothing is New York mocked by some as Moscow-on-the-Hudson . |
| 3 | Moonlight was silvering the countryside as they rode slowly along , draining it of colour , and all about them were rustlings and scurryings and the impression of tiny pattering feet and the beating of small , unseen wings . |
| 4 | Were the were the coles er would you talk about them being theekit |
| 5 | The main problem surrounding this saying is : for whom is Jesus asking God 's forgiveness ? |
| 6 | But for whom is Belfast working ? |
| 7 | So , for whom is Belfast working ? — surely there is little hope that West Belfast will ever really work until the ‘ hidden agenda ’ is acknowledged and changed ! |
| 8 | She knows all about me being bonkers and everything and does n't seem to mind . |
| 9 | But the man would could win it for them is Mick Quinn substitute against his old club . |
| 10 | There are only two human species left and the only bond between them is hatred : the one that crushes and the one that refuses to be crushed " when he pointedly remarked : " In a world brutally divided into those who rule and those who serve , the philosopher must finally acknowledge a long-concealed secret alliance with those who govern or else declare his solidarity with those who are governed . |
| 11 | Between them are gaps about a foot wide and six inches deep . |
| 12 | Sandwiched between them are Gloucester who lost their 100 per cent record at Saracens , the London club holding them to a 12–12 draw . |
| 13 | Carl Shirley , son of James and Gladys who between them were licensees at the hotel from 1933–53 , died on February 23 . |
| 14 | And former Tory chairman Lord Parkinson said the Prime Minister and Chancellor Kenneth Clarke would ‘ sink or swim together ’ , and talk of rivalry between them was nonsense . |
| 15 | He took the elastic band off the two pieces of cardboard and there neatly coffined between them was Rose . |
| 16 | Further research on renters and owners showed that the main difference between them was age . |
| 17 | Mental confusion can be assuaged in many ways , and one of the best ways for me is exercise . |
| 18 | Of the miscellaneous pieces , the disappointment for me is Rachmaninov 's G minor Prelude . |
| 19 | ‘ The ultimate rock guitarist for me is Hendrix — for me , no-one else has ever come close to what he did . |
| 20 | This for me is Sibelius . |
| 21 | Baldersdale is an empty place now and all that remains for me are memories , sweet memories . |
| 22 | The only weakness in the book for me was Jones 's lack of a theological base , for he frequently verged on theological matters . |
| 23 | I 've actually the last time I got some delivered for me was February so I tend to sort of get something about once a month I think . |
| 24 | The sticking point in faith for me was abnegation . |
| 25 | The only thing that 's really captured the city for me was Dermot Bolger 's novel The Journey Home , which used the city as a backdrop for a universal story . |
| 26 | Top man for me was Michael Lynagh of Australia with the Western Samoan Steve Bachop next in line . |
| 27 | Thoughts about how the spectacles would appear to me if I moved towards them leftwards must be related in the correct way to thoughts about how they would look if I moved above them to the right ; thoughts about their being artefacts must be related to thoughts about their not existing before a certain time or not coming into existence in the kitchen as the kettle boils . |
| 28 | Why else would he read so much into her innocent conversation with a stranger , or casually lie about their being lovers to the hotel receptionist ? |
| 29 | He came back to me , went on about her being West Indian and all that . |
| 30 | I thought she was beautiful , and I did n't mind about her being Down 's Syndrome . |