Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Were the were the coles er would you talk about them being theekit |
| 3 | She knows all about me being bonkers and everything and does n't seem to mind . |
| 4 | But the man would could win it for them is Mick Quinn substitute against his old club . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Between them are gaps about a foot wide and six inches deep . |
| 7 | Sandwiched between them are Gloucester who lost their 100 per cent record at Saracens , the London club holding them to a 12–12 draw . |
| 8 | Carl Shirley , son of James and Gladys who between them were licensees at the hotel from 1933–53 , died on February 23 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He took the elastic band off the two pieces of cardboard and there neatly coffined between them was Rose . |
| 11 | Further research on renters and owners showed that the main difference between them was age . |
| 12 | Mental confusion can be assuaged in many ways , and one of the best ways for me is exercise . |
| 13 | Of the miscellaneous pieces , the disappointment for me is Rachmaninov 's G minor Prelude . |
| 14 | ‘ The ultimate rock guitarist for me is Hendrix — for me , no-one else has ever come close to what he did . |
| 15 | This for me is Sibelius . |
| 16 | Baldersdale is an empty place now and all that remains for me are memories , sweet memories . |
| 17 | The only weakness in the book for me was Jones 's lack of a theological base , for he frequently verged on theological matters . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The sticking point in faith for me was abnegation . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Top man for me was Michael Lynagh of Australia with the Western Samoan Steve Bachop next in line . |
| 22 | Below me were Ribblehead and the viaduct , while to my right was Ingleborough which for the first time in days looked fresh and green instead of glowering and grey . |
| 23 | Spread out below them were Dingle Harbour and Ventry Bay , and to the west , beyond the sheer cliff of Slea Head , the Blasket Islands poked their treacherous black rocks up through a calm Atlantic . |
| 24 | Immediately below them were vines , their leaves turning scarlet above the purple grapes . |
| 25 | " I know that a great part of me is darkness , not light . |
| 26 | The idea of me being Caro 's boyfriend . |
| 27 | But there standing in front of me was Sebastian . |
| 28 | In front of me were rows and rows of condoms : plain , ribbed ( ribbed ? ) , thick , thin , multicoloured … |
| 29 | I went to bed utterly content ; ahead of me were weeks of hunting and travel in remote mountains , and later the excitement of exploring the Danakil desert . |
| 30 | This particular airfield had been chosen for the test-flight because it was surrounded by open country , and there in front of me were fields from which I could choose . |