Example sentences of "be [art] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could have been the drug making me hallucinate . ’ |
| 2 | A veterinary is what Uncle Tommy might have been if there had been the money to send him away to train , because he was very good with animals . |
| 3 | A railway hotel dinner in those days seems hardly to have been the dread experience it would be to-day . |
| 4 | ‘ And we are delighted that we are the ones to bring it here , ’ he added . |
| 5 | ‘ And we are delighted that we are the ones to bring it here , ’ he added . |
| 6 | ‘ These are the shipping lists you asked for . |
| 7 | They must interact with the outside world , and networks of computers are the way to do it . |
| 8 | The Soviet Union edged closer to this when its delegate at the international human rights conference in Paris this summer said of Wallenberg : ‘ His fate , like that of thousands of others , is unknown , as are the circumstances surrounding it … |
| 9 | If beans are there to be counted , here are the chaps to do it . |
| 10 | Onions are the link to take us to the nearby open market where we see these and other vegetables on display . |
| 11 | There is not sufficient , no matter how good or difficult are the carp waters he fishes , to sustain his interest for a lifetime . |
| 12 | Indeed , so diverse are the pleasures awaiting you at Craigendarroch , I feel a letter alone can not do justice to them … |
| 13 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 14 | Poetry and vision are the sails to take us to a universe as vast as that of Boltzmann . |
| 15 | Are the kids getting you down ? |
| 16 | You are the Lord thought you said there were that one it does n't say |
| 17 | We want him watching , and you 're the man to do it . ’ |
| 18 | If you want to know about Donegal music , they 're the boys to tell you . ’ |
| 19 | Why do you not realise that it has to be stopped , and that you 're the ones to do it ! |
| 20 | now if you 're a football fan you 'll have been crossing the days out on the calendar for a couple of months now … the supporters scarf will have been washed and ironed and sitting ready for weeks … and by my calculation you 've only got one hundred and sixteen hours left to the big kick off … so here 's a taster |
| 21 | Very near the beginning Maggie gave a wee tip , do n't say you 're a representative say you 're an employee of Friends Provident , it makes life easier . |
| 22 | Well you might be the smallest , but you 're a bully do you know that ? |
| 23 | so who 's going to be sitting in this chair for the rest of the season … if you 're an Oxford fan you 'll have some thoughts … and you can have your say … we 've a competition to pick the manager … |
| 24 | so who 's going to be sitting in this chair for the rest of the season … if you 're an Oxford fan you 'll have some thoughts … and you can have your say … we 've a competition to pick the manager … |
| 25 | There had been no preparation to receive them . |
| 26 | There has been no excavation to prove it , but it looks as though the concrete track foundations were carried through to solid ground , as were the main foundations at the upper part of the incline . |
| 27 | In the rush of their departure , there had been no time to buy her a new one . |
| 28 | Partly because these changes have been seen as shifts in design philosophy to be applied incrementally to new housing areas or to rehabilitated inner city districts , there has been no attempt to apply them to established residential areas . |
| 29 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 30 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |