Example sentences of "this be [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Gloucester won 17-10 ; could this be their year to win the cup ?
2 Women 's freedom to purchase their own housing , should this be their desire , is thus severely limited .
3 When I go from hence let this be my parting word , that what I have seen is unsurpassable .
4 I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus that expands on the ocean of light , and thus am I blessed — let this be my parting word .
5 My whole body and my limbs have thrilled with his touch who is beyond touch ; and if the end comes here , let it come — let this be my parting word .
6 Could this be it daddy ?
7 Could this be your ring ? it was found down by the river with an ear-pick and a stiletto .
8 COULD this be your summer house ?
9 ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music .
10 I mean some of them wanted to pay but I said no you helped us to feed them so , this , this were me dad 's idea you see , he was always very fair-minded me dad was .
11 This is me daughter Linda , and that 's Ella , ’ said Mrs Beavis .
12 ‘ Maura , this is me mate Terry .
13 This is its function as part of the pastoral care attached to Anselm 's office .
14 For example , if a pound of coffee sells for £3 this is its exchange value .
15 The Kiss quite simply , tells the story of this relationship in an open and sensitive way — this is its strength .
16 At the deepest level this is its symmetry with the social order within which it operates , and the ‘ non-market ’ or ‘ subsidized ’ type of production is often an aspect of this symmetry in that by selecting certain kinds of work for partial exemption from the market — kinds valued within the distribution of preferences within a received social order and a dominant social class — it in one sense protects the market from other kinds of social and cultural challenge .
17 Philosophy 's business is with argument , and its theses , assuming that this is its endeavour ( which is arguable ) , generate yet more argument , such that issues are never finally settled , and this is just as true for its ideas about the scientific method .
18 The most striking feature of this is its similarity to the ‘ reform , prevention and extinction ’ ascribed to Ferri earlier ( except that the ‘ extinction ’ is replaced by the more moderate ‘ segregation ’ ) .
19 This is its acceptance of a paint decoration without risk of ‘ show-through ’ .
20 Thus the substantive apple contains the lexical idea of a kind of fruit : this is its material significate , or lexeme , the import of meaning which is said of some object in the speaker 's experience .
21 This is her apartment . ’
22 This is her idea for impressing on the audience how the powerless feel .
23 I do not know the lady at all , but this is her autobiography and HarperCollins believes in her .
24 This is her way of escaping from them . ’
25 This is her way of bringing it about . ’
26 This is her experience , and Bill 's , and it 's the surgical team 's job to get the baby delivered safely .
27 I should think this is her friend , do n't you think ?
28 This is her life .
29 This is her shape
30 Some people say I am using Heidi , but this is her battle too .
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