Example sentences of "the [noun] be [noun prp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survivors were Nietzsche himself and a younger sister . |
| 2 | In the first debate , in Clayton , Missouri , Bush was out-shone by Clinton , although in the opinion of most commentators the real winner of the contest was Perot whose performance was characterized by an informal approach and an engagingly comic eccentricity . |
| 3 | One of his killers is the high-minded Virginsky who ‘ will never , never abandon these bright hopes ’ ( my italics ) , and another member of the quintet is Shigalov who pulls out of the affair at the very last moment , not from fear or pity or remorse but because the murder ‘ is in direct contradiction of my programme ’ — of Shigalov 's own brand of revolutionary ideology . |
| 4 | I used to work for a furniture and I always had the King 's Lynn I think was always easier |
| 5 | The other is IBM which uses Maximum technology in its product line . |
| 6 | Forced to face up to her own fears and failed expectations , it was as if Belinda had to deal with two babies : one was the theoretical idea of a baby with Down 's syndrome , the other was Sophie herself . |
| 7 | The only person who knows about the paintings is Durance himself and he will dismiss Barbara 's story as unfounded speculation . ’ |
| 8 | Well , you see , the trouble is Marg I go out on my bike and I think , ooh it 's cold I 'll and then I forget going in the |
| 9 | In Britain , the equivalent is Prestel which , though stocked with stacks of useful information ( though no Madame Whiplashes ) , has failed to set the world alight . |
| 10 | First out of the gate is Pegasus which is offering its Unifacts accounting software on a four-user SCO Unix-based Intel platform — with Lotus 1–2-3 and Wordperfect — for £10,000 . |
| 11 | The capital is Sanderstown which contains a major British naval base . |
| 12 | But the thing is Mick you 've got ta get , you know yourself sorted early enough |
| 13 | you see the thing is Paul what you I could help you do is there are several modern buildings round here which we could investigate . |
| 14 | The thing is Lynn you 've got to start early |
| 15 | In the middle was Boris my bear . |
| 16 | The most renowned of the family was Reginald who won international fame as a collector of rare and exotic plants from the countries of the Far East and whose name lives on in several of his discoveries . |
| 17 | At the heart of the series is BB who has built the business empire from humble beginnings , and who is played by Zia Mohyeddin , whose screen appearances include JEWEL IN THE CROWN , MOUNTBATTEN , ASSAM GARDEN etc . |
| 18 | Among the prizes are 100 copies of Now 22 , a double LP compilation packed with this year 's biggest hits — including Erasure 's Take A Chance On Me , Jimmy Nail 's Ai n't No Doubt , the Utah Saints ' Something Good , the Orb 's Blue Room and the Cure 's Friday I 'm In Love . |