Example sentences of "be [adj] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 188 ) You will make the foes of England be sorry you were born . |
| 2 | Okay , I just wanted to be clear we were n't finding an additional list of names of people who are authorised to do this . |
| 3 | Somehow the chap , who had plainly gone over the top , he could understand that , must be convinced they were no threat to him . |
| 4 | It was that he was beginning to understand why Aziz the janitor and his friends might be convinced he was no ordinary child . |
| 5 | To be honest it was a game we would have won 99 times out of a 100 , but this was one of those occasions when we were destined not to do it . |
| 6 | I should like to say I joined the scheme out of humanitarian concerns but to be honest it was with a view to increasing business . |
| 7 | But I did n't go to the altar ; to be honest it was n't for lack of offers , but because they always seemed to come from people I would n't have been caught dead at an altar with . |
| 8 | To be honest I was n't there , I was down at my sister 's wedding . |
| 9 | I mean , to be honest I was , I 'm not so so |
| 10 | Now you know , to be to be honest I was talking about it , I could n't tell you what the average percent is from last year . |
| 11 | To be sure they were not removing the very effect they were looking for , the researchers divided the children into groups on the basis of their lead levels . |
| 12 | It was always a favourite place of Mala 's , and I hoped to get a glimpse of her in that enticing felinoid suit , to be sure she was all right . |
| 13 | ‘ How could you be sure she was dead ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 15 | I was worried about you , I wanted to be sure you were all right . ’ |
| 16 | I just wanted to be sure you were n't trying to pull a fast one on me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I wanted to be sure you were in . |
| 18 | ‘ I ‘ ad to be sure you were n't a German . ’ |
| 19 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 20 | ‘ You old son of a bitch , ’ he said in a relaxed idle way , and he leaned forward and grabbed my arm to be sure I was n't an hallucination . |
| 21 | I knew you would n't be expecting me , but I really — I needed to see you , too , ’ he confessed , ‘ just to be sure I was still alive . ’ |
| 22 | To be sure it was always recognized that in certain circumstances , such as those involving deceit , or an intention to cause harm or to exploit , one is responsible for inducing another to act . |
| 23 | ‘ How can you be sure it was only one ? ’ the thin man asked doubtfully but clutching at a straw of hope . |
| 24 | By the time we had heard of anything you could be sure it was over . |
| 25 | Several people said it was , to be sure it was , and did n't it make a plain man flinch . |
| 26 | One of the older Gnomes , who had a face like a wrinkled nutcracker and bright twinkly eyes , asked would a bit of magic be of any use anywhere , because was n't magic a powerful thing when you had a difficulty , and the other Gnomes said to be sure it was . |
| 27 | ‘ But we ca n't be sure it was n't murder — yet . |
| 28 | ‘ There was a rare scandal a few years ago , though to be sure it was hushed up very swiftly — but some of us heard of it , naturally . ’ |
| 29 | Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional . |
| 30 | The house was still sitting — to be sure it was . |