Example sentences of "to be [noun] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I knew it was unlikely to be Mrs Nassim as she refused to get involved in his business activities even to the point of answering the phone . |
| 2 | ‘ There will have to be reorientation courses as people change jobs , but we should be doing that now anyway . |
| 3 | In fact , the emphasis of the pilot sites appears to be activity data as supplied through operational units . |
| 4 | A fruitshop , with artificial grass banked greenly in the windows and mounds of glowing oranges , trapped little winter suns ; groping , mottled hands of bananas ; giant crinkly green roses which turned out to be savoy cabbages when you looked more closely ; buds of blackcurrant cordial which were red cabbages , to be cooked in spices and vinegar . |
| 5 | There was a time when most young boys wanted to be engine drivers when they grew up . |
| 6 | The engine will also be offering lessons on the footplate to all those who really did want to be engine drivers when they grew up , with the help of an experienced fireman . |
| 7 | The result is in line with Roberts , and is consistent with the decision if not the reasoning in Spratt , where the court seems to have been discussing the nature of recklessness , not whether there had to be mens rea as to the occasioning of actual bodily harm . |
| 8 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
| 9 | Villages with vineyards rated between go and 99% inclusive are considered to be premiers crus while those classed at 100% are grands crus . |