Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under his influence , however , I felt I was losing my freedom to be myself . |
| 2 | I express to you the most earnest desire of my heart to be that prosperity and success in social and moral improvement may attend increasingly from year to year the progress of this library . |
| 3 | I will try to slant my handwriting to be more adult like , I will try to get many merit points , I will try to get at the top sets for every lesson you are in the top sets for every lesson do well in them , I want to carry on my good progress in the sports area , I do many sports now and I want to do more |
| 4 | This show is the highlight of the year for Rottweiler enthusiasts and it was my privilege to be able to handle a UK import to win Best of Breed here in 1986 . |
| 5 | J.B. Yes , but yes it was a deliberate act on my part to be respectable . |
| 6 | She carried her sandwich over to join him , saying : ‘ My excuse for being down here is that I have n't a moment to spare . |
| 7 | Eventually I stayed until 1926 as I made the composition of my ‘ Exercise ’ my excuse for being there . |
| 8 | I 'VE paid my money to be terrified but you ca n't scare me . |
| 9 | ‘ I want my successor to be known while I am alive , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | But shortly afterwards , er , I was in confrontation with the chairman the basis of my contract with was such that it was not to his liking and I was not prepared to give way in the matter and was dismissed within six months of the acquisition of by . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd hardly call it my decision to be here with you . |
| 12 | ‘ What I want most is for my mum to be well . |
| 13 | They wanted me to be a secretary and they wanted my sister to be a doctor or something medical . |
| 14 | Just my luck to be travelling east . |
| 15 | You 've certainly got me interested , and the shipping accounts may take my mind off being cross with you . |
| 16 | things on my mind er , my my mind to be able to apologise . |
| 17 | Last night I had a few things on my mind to be able to apologize . |
| 18 | ‘ I had geared my mind after being told I 'd had a son . |
| 19 | I was on my knees , there was orange juice and broken plates and food and coffee everywhere and Sheridan was saying loudly it was my fault for being clumsy . ’ |
| 20 | It was my fault for being late . ’ |
| 21 | That 's alright love , that 's alright , it 's my fault for being up there , it er I 'm always doing that putting me elbow up , er , it 's a right old'un you know I mean it 's about ten , twelve years old now |
| 22 | I delivered it to my agent to be framed and for the final hanging in the boardroom . |
| 23 | I would like my vote to be 100 percent secret between me and the ballot box . |
| 24 | I expect my car to be |
| 25 | He gave a hard smile , and said , ‘ The only one that I knew could fulfil my ambition to be a multimillionaire before I was thirty . ’ |
| 26 | That 's my ambition to be roaring in against the Aussies next year . |
| 27 | Can I find a way of being a teacher — can I see any role models — which allows a satisfactory compromise between my career ambitions , my wish to be a good subject teacher , my desire to promote my broader educational ideals , my intention to be a ‘ real person ’ as much as I can , and my commitment to improving the status and conditions of teaching as a profession ? |
| 28 | ‘ I wanted my Leda to be a little girl . |
| 29 | I was yes I er I got my degree in was qualified and er the hours they , they were offering happened to fit in with the family so I was quite glad to get the extra income . |
| 30 | " It would have been immensely preferable for my return to be accomplished by the [ legal ] process , " de Gaulle told Dulac , but added cryptically : " Tell General Salan that what he has done and what he will do is for the good of France . " |