Example sentences of "[det] be [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Might this be what Bowsher refers to as overwhelming pain ? |
| 2 | Gloucester won 17-10 ; could this be their year to win the cup ? |
| 3 | Women 's freedom to purchase their own housing , should this be their desire , is thus severely limited . |
| 4 | When I go from hence let this be my parting word , that what I have seen is unsurpassable . |
| 5 | I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus that expands on the ocean of light , and thus am I blessed — let this be my parting word . |
| 6 | My whole body and my limbs have thrilled with his touch who is beyond touch ; and if the end comes here , let it come — let this be my parting word . |
| 7 | Could this be it daddy ? |
| 8 | Could this be your ring ? it was found down by the river with an ear-pick and a stiletto . |
| 9 | COULD this be your summer house ? |
| 10 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 11 | I mean some of them wanted to pay but I said no you helped us to feed them so , this , this were me dad 's idea you see , he was always very fair-minded me dad was . |
| 12 | At this were his knights little pleased . |
| 13 | You 've got hold on this is something Victoria , Lisa , Sarah , there was somebody else |
| 14 | It 's now , it 's still only about five per cent , but I think that that proportion is growing and I think this is something universities would welcome very much . |
| 15 | Interestingly , this is something Conner usually tries to avoid ! |
| 16 | ‘ This is something Northern Ireland can really crow about , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ This is me daughter Linda , and that 's Ella , ’ said Mrs Beavis . |
| 18 | ‘ Maura , this is me mate Terry . |
| 19 | This is its function as part of the pastoral care attached to Anselm 's office . |
| 20 | For example , if a pound of coffee sells for £3 this is its exchange value . |
| 21 | The Kiss quite simply , tells the story of this relationship in an open and sensitive way — this is its strength . |
| 22 | At the deepest level this is its symmetry with the social order within which it operates , and the ‘ non-market ’ or ‘ subsidized ’ type of production is often an aspect of this symmetry in that by selecting certain kinds of work for partial exemption from the market — kinds valued within the distribution of preferences within a received social order and a dominant social class — it in one sense protects the market from other kinds of social and cultural challenge . |
| 23 | Philosophy 's business is with argument , and its theses , assuming that this is its endeavour ( which is arguable ) , generate yet more argument , such that issues are never finally settled , and this is just as true for its ideas about the scientific method . |
| 24 | The most striking feature of this is its similarity to the ‘ reform , prevention and extinction ’ ascribed to Ferri earlier ( except that the ‘ extinction ’ is replaced by the more moderate ‘ segregation ’ ) . |
| 25 | This is its acceptance of a paint decoration without risk of ‘ show-through ’ . |
| 26 | Thus the substantive apple contains the lexical idea of a kind of fruit : this is its material significate , or lexeme , the import of meaning which is said of some object in the speaker 's experience . |
| 27 | ‘ This is her apartment . ’ |
| 28 | This is her idea for impressing on the audience how the powerless feel . |
| 29 | I do not know the lady at all , but this is her autobiography and HarperCollins believes in her . |
| 30 | This is her way of escaping from them . ’ |