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 . |