Example sentences of "be [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The following are my reflections on what I saw during my time in the Philippines of the efforts to build a Philippine health movement .
2 You think those are my balls in your hand ?
3 Do n't condescend to me , and do n't accuse the men who have been my friends in my hearing . ’
4 And are their loyalties to their parent organisation , or to the host organisation , or to both ?
5 Agnes ensconced herself in what had been their bedroom despite my father 's protests .
6 Because it had n't just been her preoccupation with her father 's illness which had contributed to the breakdown of their brief marriage .
7 In the past it had been her coming to him .
8 It 's just , you 're my idea of someone who this sort of thing would never happen to .
9 ‘ Will you be my go-between to him ? ’
10 That would be my question to you on that one .
11 It may be my wish upon them , but this is the second time this year that the two regiments in which I served , the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Welsh Regiment , have been under pressure .
12 So will its ability to generate support , including financial support , from community and commercial organisations , so , most of all , will be its relationship with its governing body .
13 Quite apart from the limitations on law reform in general which such an argument would appear to justify , if the views of the public are of any significance at all in this context , then it must be its view of what the law ought to be rather than what it is .
14 A girl had been murdered and their sole concern seemed to be its effect on their own convenience .
15 ‘ And what are said to be her feelings about him ? ’
16 ‘ It 'll be her word against ours , even if she dares to say anything , ’ one of the other men argued .
17 She used the noise as camouflage for what she felt to be her betrayal of her grandfather 's trust : ‘ He 's up at Pine Ridge . ’
18 On the Thursday night , which was to be her farewell to her public for ten days , she allowed an admirer , Frederick Calthrop to take her to supper .
19 King Edward III successfully restored English ascendancy along the border with Scotland but the death of his uncle caused division among the French as to who should be their King in his place , so Edward III made a claim to the throne , hoping at the same time , to break the link between the French and the Scots .
20 Many men feel a very great sense of despair and discomfort upon entering what used to be their home with their wife , but what is now a house that seems to demand a lot of time-consuming work .
21 What will be their objections to your presentation ?
22 Sole would not be tempted to suggest who might be his successor as his country 's captain .
23 And it should be deployed : it would be his tribute to his father ; his memorial to the reticent man he had scarcely known but deeply loved , and who had died so courageously .
24 The inconsequential and bawdy mimes proved difficult to unravel but Knox was determined to succeed , exercising on them the scholarship combined with inspired guesswork which was to be his forte in his future career .
25 In that case the throbbingness of the pain would be his criterion for its being a finger pain .
26 The house would be his gift to his bride , the ultimate statement of his protection and that of his family .
27 Craig : It will be your word against hers .
28 ‘ It would be your word against mine , ’ said Trentham .
29 I wonder if we could just finish with a very brief comment from you in a positive sense as to what would be your advice to somebody that 's unemployed ?
30 4 What would be your ideas for our coming to some joint marketing plan in territories where our resources are greater than or equal to yours ?
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