Example sentences of "of [pers pn] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no evidence of him/her being a male ( let alone of his existence ) . |
| 2 | In front of me is a Tudor Bible , ‘ Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker , Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie ’ in 1599 . |
| 3 | I 'm quite well out from the ladder because it s at an angle and there in front of me is the wardrobe . |
| 4 | ‘ An exciting game offers the chance of me being a hero and I am looking forward to it . |
| 5 | An exciting game offers the chance of me being a hero and I am looking forward to it . |
| 6 | ‘ An exciting game offers the chance of me being a hero and I am looking forward to it . |
| 7 | I tell you , she actually laughs at me — ; breaking off from this inquisition to laugh at the thought of me being a pacifist . |
| 8 | Ahead of me was a chancel screen , a filigree of Gothic tracery . |
| 9 | ‘ What was required of me was an affidavit from India swearing that I was Samir Mehta and owned Rasiklal & Sons . |
| 10 | you know , she 's only got two daughters and one of them , one of them 's a hairdresser . |
| 11 | two years headmaster and he was up there , he 's got two kids , one of them 's a West Ham supporter and the other is a |
| 12 | ‘ Remember , ’ he warns as a parting shot , ‘ if any two painters agree — one of them 's a liar ! ’ |
| 13 | Paintings by Van Gogh , Degas and Turner are on show together in one theatre — and every one of them 's a fake . |
| 14 | one of them 's the chairman |
| 15 | And a China , and one of them 's the daughter of the person who own it . |
| 16 | A lot of me mates are black geezers and some of them are a bit tasty ’ . |
| 17 | The other manufacturers are trying to do the same but I think some of them are a bit behind Rover and they 've got to catch up . |
| 18 | So that is a possi I was just wondering which one it was cos I say I know some of them are a bit you know |
| 19 | Some of them are a bit tasteless I find . |
| 20 | Well , one or two of them are a bit sort of |
| 21 | Yeah , but er , some of them are a bit out of true cos they 're seconds do you think ? |
| 22 | But life has its storms , it has its tempests , and some of them are a lot fiercer than others . |
| 23 | She said , I mean , she says I 'm not prejudiced here , and she says there 's obvious exceptions and they 're not bad but the majority of them are a waste of time ! |
| 24 | Below them are the fuel cock levers , and ahead of them are the emergency undercarriage buttons and extend/retract knob for alternate airbrake operation . |
| 25 | All chintz curtains and birdcages in the windows , many of them are the homes of old railwaymen who sit by the fire , dreaming of Gresley Pacifics and Stanier Jubilees . |
| 26 | Or disappear forever wiped out by some killer bug and all that will be left of them is a film in which they 're playing their own ancestors ? |
| 27 | But one of them is a copy-editor , I think that is what he is called , and he told me that he thought the item had come in from a friend of Leila 's . ’ |
| 28 | One of them is a hotel . |
| 29 | I learn and I learn and I learn , but each one of them is a faraway mystery and I tremble in my ignorance . |
| 30 | Underlying all of them is a form of thinking which might be called the ‘ urge to quantify ’ . |