Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] be [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My brother-in-law is either my bond friend or my mortal foe . |
| 2 | I 've been playing ever since I hung up my football boots in 1980 , and the strongest weapon in my armoury is still my lungs : I can shout ‘ FORE ’ louder than anyone I know . |
| 3 | My head 's up my Khyber these days . |
| 4 | My self was n't my body . |
| 5 | My toilet 's in my toilet 's in . |
| 6 | My father is n't my father , is he ? ’ |
| 7 | But my life is also my private culture that 's what I 'm showing you , after all , that 's what I 'm letting you into , my private culture . |
| 8 | ‘ So , for all you were so thick with Travis last night , my cousin 's not your only lover ! ’ |
| 9 | My dad was , my dad walked straight , just past him , was like where you are and my dad was where my feet are |
| 10 | My ex is now my ex . |
| 11 | If I keep , keep hitting it like I did the other day when my brother was there me thumb and that , oh boy ! |
| 12 | My mother 's really my aunt . |
| 13 | ‘ My natural mother was my mother 's younger sister , so my mother 's really my aunt , but I 've always called her Mum . |
| 14 | Frankie was their triumph and so the final point of their story was n't its ‘ outrage ’ but its cosiness . |
| 15 | The platinum tresses falling around her shoulders are not her real hair . |
| 16 | There was something in her face that was unfamiliar ; it was not exactly a different expression — more as if her eyes were not her own . |
| 17 | But relief workers walking with them say their naivity , their innocence is also their strength . |
| 18 | I use the term ‘ alienation ’ in its marxian sense of the workers being separated from their work ; for literally their work is not their own . |
| 19 | They are distinctive , ‘ because they must choose ; responsibility for structuring their lives is uniquely their own ’ . |
| 20 | Th I mean , I 've never even heard of the term clitoris , and a friend of mine thought her clitoris was actually her epiglottis , I mean it just got |
| 21 | It was conceived within wedlock and while she was his wife any child of her body was legally his property . ‘ |
| 22 | As such they are creatures designed specifically to inspire and so their meaning is not their own . |
| 23 | Enne was described as an excellent bitch bodywise but her head was not her fortune . |
| 24 | Describing the homes and environment of rich Spanish counts and their sisters is not my style . |
| 25 | If , however , the salvage is not worthwhile then the remains should not be taken up and the Policyholder should be told that its disposal is again their responsibility . |
| 26 | The poorest tenants are in the poorest accommodation , starved of resources for self-help and political help , because their leaders are also their landlords . |
| 27 | Its history of commerce is believed to be the reason why Ealing — of which Brentford was originally its southernmost part — decided to keep Brentford at arm 's length , thereby retaining to itself , an almost exclusively residential area as Ealing . |
| 28 | A lot of people , particularly on the West Coast of America , get so many facelifts that the dimple on their chin is actually their navel . ’ |
| 29 | A Jew , who thought their quarrel was n't his quarrel , and was likely right . |
| 30 | Kellmer Pringle believes that we go too far in asserting that the way parents bring up their children is solely their own concern . |