Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Italians think of the state system much as Britons used to regard ‘ Auntie ’ and not for nothing is it known as ‘ Mamma RAI ’ . |
| 2 | Shiva is a bad-tempered chap — not for nothing is he known as ‘ the Destroyer ’ . |
| 3 | Not for nothing was it dubbed the ‘ Triumph Snag ’ . |
| 4 | Not for nothing was she dubbed BB — pronounced Bébé . |
| 5 | Not for nothing was she known as ‘ Whiplash Wallace ’ . |
| 6 | Not for nothing was he known as Windy — when upset he really did ‘ blow his top ’ but his bark was worse than his bite — he was an excellent teacher and took both Standards Six and Seven . |
| 7 | All we keep getting off them is I says , you mean to say , we 're paying two and half thousand pounds worth of repairs , I says , and they 're not done ? |
| 8 | Er who for whom is it a benefit ? |
| 9 | For whom is it of value ? |
| 10 | " On reading the [ General ] Statute , " wrote Herzen 's collaborator Nikolai Ogarev , " the first question you involuntarily ask yourself is : for whom is it written ? " |
| 11 | Right this is a new thing for experimental work that we 're doing for them is it ? |
| 12 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 13 | About whom is he speaking ? |
| 14 | The difference between them is I have to admit at this level , relatively marginal in terms of er which is the worst and which is the best between the three . |
| 15 | well he , he said he , he wanted it as a surprise well it 's not a surprise for me is it ? |
| 16 | that one 's for me is it ? |
| 17 | ‘ But , like it or not , we were there and involved in it , and looking back the amazing thing for me is I 'm sitting here , breathing , after all that . |
| 18 | Well , I think the thing for me is I do n't feel like I have to look brilliant , I just like to have a good time . |
| 19 | You 're gon na go for me are you you you got ta get out you get it |
| 20 | You 're not gon na use that again for me are you ? |
| 21 | And , the worse thing for me was I lost my self confidence , I had no confidence whatsoever. , . |
| 22 | Danny , you 're , you 're getting your er , you 're gon na wait for yours are you ? |
| 23 | He says this one comes from Brazil , South America and the flowers are not immediately remarkable , but what 's special out it is it has the most wonderful smell of red wine — actually it perhaps smells of red wine that 's been in the carpet overnight rather than Chateau Lafitte . |
| 24 | I find it difficult to believe in it any more after what 's it done me , you know . |
| 25 | So what , are you trying it out for somebody are you ? |
| 26 | Of whom was it said : ‘ He was not only a bore , he bored for England ’ . |
| 27 | Of whom was it said : ‘ Old politicians never die , they simply wade away ’ . |
| 28 | Of whom was it said , ‘ There but for the grace of God goes God ’ ? |
| 29 | That side of me 's it 's this side of me now . |
| 30 | Well I 'm not gon na get her one of them am I ? |