Example sentences of "[vb base] be [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even better are his accounts of Vaughan Williams 's London and Eighth Symphonies from the 1950s ( CDM7 641972 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ In other words Nomex is our aphrodisiac ! ’ her companion laughed back at her . |
| 3 | Assertions can be signalled by writing " I would suggest " , or " I would argue " , but often it is just assumed that whatever you say is your suggestion or argument . |
| 4 | ‘ All I want is my Woodbine , ’ said McMurdo . |
| 5 | Sweet Allah , all I want is my Ashi and baby Sousan safe . |
| 6 | When you 're a little girl and you 're poorly , all you want is your mum . |
| 7 | So I all that you want is your tomatoes and your taters ? |
| 8 | What I want is your pin-cushion for a dildo . ’ |
| 9 | For so many old people the only Christmas gift they want is our presence and not our presents . |
| 10 | no put 's his paws on Keith and wags his tail and says , hit me . |
| 11 | Tonight Panorama asks , how save are your secrets ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I enjoy being your go between , ’ said Taheb , as she delivered it . |
| 13 | So complete was his disguise that he was circumcised before the journey . |
| 14 | All I know is her name 's Barbara . |
| 15 | What you see and hear is His gift of the Holy Spirit which He has poured out on us . |
| 16 | Spending money with dealers whose taste I like is my method of shopping , but it is always fun , and often profitable , to have a flutter at the auction rooms . |
| 17 | Mark Kelly seems to have impressed everyone who saw him play this preseason , I hope he get 's his chance to prove himself , Ireland could do backup for Dennis Irwin at right back ( cue the flames for mentioning a Scum player ) |
| 18 | yeah and he said oh and well I sure was lucky cos here comes a lift and he gets in , he goes right , he 's taken his prize jogs about fifteen yards and says bye thanks for the lift and he stood about fifteen yards further on from the street , there 's bits in it that is fucking funny , he 's made it rich and all this and he 's happy bloke , he get 's his girl friend |
| 19 | I do n't know where Mr get 's his ideas from . |
| 20 | What I remember is my business . |
| 21 | But equally , the first thing I remember was my number in the infant school , when I was number fifty five , and er there were fifty eight of us in the class , and one lady kept order . |
| 22 | All in Mr Honecker 's image , tough and second rate , they are not inclined to give up the hunting lodges and chauffeurs they feel are their due . |
| 23 | She clutches her can of Coke and pinpoints her collusion in what her insides scream is her kidnapping . |
| 24 | When things get tough they sometimes chew on a little green leaf , which I reckon is their equivalent of the occasional ciggy one takes when the director is behaving like a prize muffin . |
| 25 | And I have to say that although what I feel is my fault , and my responsibility , you have , up to a point , encouraged me . |
| 26 | Another piece of equipment I use is my boots , my shoes , my trousers , my clever truncheon pocket , it 's a long thin pocket which I can put the truncheon in and it hides away . |
| 27 | All I ask is your promise to allow me safely out of the stockade . ’ |
| 28 | Usually shit and fuck , I think are my vocabulary . |
| 29 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 30 | A Sequence for St. Michael ; The House of the Mind ; Requiem ; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS : Prayer to the Father of Heaven ; A vision of Aeroplanes ; Lord , Thou hast been our Refuge |