Example sentences of "[conj] be [adj] [subord] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you have the towing rope and then you have a little bit of old rope that is weaker than your rope . |
| 2 | Often makers try pulling a fast one by giving a tractor a number that 's bigger than its actual horsepower . |
| 3 | ‘ To play this game fairly , ’ I said , ‘ you would need to have a hand that was bigger than your mouth . ’ |
| 4 | They wo n't save you much money , but cost relatively little to install , and are worthwhile if your house has solid walls . |
| 5 | So-called ‘ personal ’ doors , positioned in the side or back wall of the garage , are useful if you want to use your garage as a workshop or utility room , and are essential if your garage blocks access to the side of the house . |
| 6 | Another group shouted and were negative when their children began to misbehave . |
| 7 | You could keep them a as long as it was a reasonable way from the street as you might say and , and were fortunate because our pigstys had been built years before and they were ooh , suitably fifty to sixty yards from the main road you see , but I used to laugh at that when we , when we were having these pigs killed . |
| 8 | However , the vascular activity of prostacyclin in vivo is very short-lived and is less than its chemical half-life at physiological temperature and pH ( i.e. , < three minutes ) . |
| 9 | I clambered into the trench and was asleep before my head hit the ground . |
| 10 | The women 's stories and miseries haunted her , filled her dreams ; the desperation of their situations made Carolyn herself feel trapped and frantic , so that she dreaded going to the Refuge and was tongue-tied when her help was most needed . |
| 11 | I had no specific use at the time , but I thought it would prove a handy addition to the workshop , and was delighted when my grandfather elected to purchase the tool for me . |
| 12 | The girl did not like her father and was upset when her divorced parents got back together . |
| 13 | I could n't get rid of my disability , became more staunch in my socialist politics , got rid of my accent and was thankful when my parents put themselves into enormous debt and bought a tip of a house in Croydon . |
| 14 | A skylight above the street door was closed and out of reach , but I tried to reach it anyway and was surprised when my fingers touched the ledge . |
| 15 | But be careful if your man is adamant that he never wants children ( unless , of course , you do n't either ) . |
| 16 | Michael succumbs to the temptation of 5,000 dollars but is surprised when his intended victim ( Lara Flynn Boyle ) offers to double his money if he will kill her husband . |
| 17 | Johnny Miller pointed out that Ballesteros was still a young man , but was older than his age as far as the game is concerned . |