Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His being so ill used for being my friend , makes a great outcry against me , and will certainly contribute largely to make my other friends shy in appearing for me . ’ |
| 2 | Hopefully what Wigan will be interested in is my speed . ’ |
| 3 | At the moment though all she was interested in was her holiday with the girls , and her two nights out a week . |
| 4 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 5 | ‘ So you thought I 'd be content to be your girlfriend , your mistress ? ’ she enquired , her face blank . |
| 6 | She had n't been prepared for the way poetry came into this fitting together of parts , Shall I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous , and that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour , she recited in her head , as O'Hara climbed on top and humped her beneath the rude unshaded bulb . |
| 7 | Running her tongue over her lips , she said huskily , ‘ You 're supposed to be her friend ! ’ |
| 8 | A woman 's children addressed the man who " was supposed to be their genitor by a term which means " father " in neighbouring communities . |
| 9 | You were up to and over your knees in water in the trench : it was supposed to be our dug-out and it was coming through these bits o' wood and we were a-sodden wet through and cold . |
| 10 | Oh as I sa the part-time job we used to get , two shillings a week and he used to give us tuppence for ourselves the two shillings was for our parents , and the tuppence was supposed to be our pocket money , but er when we 'd finished on a Saturday night if , if there were any stale cakes we 'd all get a bag of stale cakes each you used to make a terrific fuss of those on a Sunday . |
| 11 | I thought he was supposed to be your boyfriend , ’ Jim Connor , one of the fuel technicians , laughed at her . |
| 12 | but he 's proper pissed off , what can he do ? , because its not just him , its not just Stuart because she , cos Geoffrey says oh half the kids in the class are all bloody weird he said , they 're supposed to be me friends he says there 's only one kid in the class that does n't join in and its Indipau |
| 13 | I thought , hell , these guys are supposed to be my friends . |
| 14 | These men are supposed to be my responsibility , and I 'm powerless . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you were supposed to be my friend … ? ’ |
| 16 | He is supposed to be my boyfriend , after all . ’ |
| 17 | It 's supposed to be my greenhouse . |
| 18 | Caulfield was passing by Stephanie 's dressing room with a friend and , pointing to the glamorous actress , said , ‘ That , in there , is supposed to be my mother . ’ |
| 19 | And Mrs Sowerberry was his enemy because Mr Sowerberry was supposed to be his friend . |
| 20 | All I 'm supposed to be his friends cut up all morning And Maureen asked him to cut them out I E to go round the edge . |
| 21 | So , if she was supposed to be his girlfriend , what was she doing staying home nights ? |
| 22 | His ability to upset people and drive wedges between himself and those who were supposed to be his allies was famous . |
| 23 | ‘ You could put right the mistake you made by promising to be my wife in six years ’ time ! ’ |
| 24 | Of more interest to potential buyers however , is likely to be its fuel economy , rated at around 45mgp on unleaded fuel . |
| 25 | Last month they held Brazil 0-0 in Sao Paulo and tonight they field what is likely to be their World Cup team , including the fast and skilful Skoro and the experienced Stojkovic , bound for Marseilles . |
| 26 | It is easy to escape this issue by saying that the discourses of the two groups have little in common ; but discourse analysis should teach us that it is as likely to be our attitude to what they say that categorizes them . |
| 27 | And I know you to be beautiful and to be most worthy to be my wife . |
| 28 | Our Father , our Father , which art in heaven , hallowed to be thy name , thy kingdom come , thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven . |
| 29 | The thing that I 'm concerned about is your roof before the winter sets in . |
| 30 | Maria paused at the bathroom door , her eyes shadowed as she looked back at him , her lover — who was ashamed of being her lover . |