Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says no-one seems to mind as it could be them next time and Norman can make his time up on route . |
| 2 | In the last match it was Gary Speed , and it could be me next time . ’ |
| 3 | It will be yours one day . |
| 4 | That large estate and this beautiful house — all to be yours one day . |
| 5 | They 'll be yours some day unless Mummie hurries up with a little brother . |
| 6 | It was about this time that he started telling Lewis Wyvis Hall would be his one day . |
| 7 | This could be you one day . |
| 8 | Delahoussaye continued : ‘ Racing is so competitive when you are out there on the track , but when something like this happens you know it could be you next time . |
| 9 | New legislation , which comes into force on May 18 , insists that all money-changers — be they high street banks , travel agents , hotels or specialist bureaux de change — display clearly their exchange rates and sometimes outrageous commission charges . |
| 10 | Do the different morphs ( be they different colour , adult size , shell shape , etc. ) show the same food preferences ? |
| 11 | Given Berkeley 's immaterialism , however , the idea that things have real essences ( be they scholastic forms or corpuscular constitutions ) , which are the cause of their properties , simply has no place . |
| 12 | As a result of improved communications in every sense — be they electronic communications , our airports or any other form of communication — the regions of this country have never been closer to London than they are today . |
| 13 | After all , it 'll be mine one day . ’ |
| 14 | The cottage is mine now , for mama told me — only a few days ago , it was — that it would be mine one day . |
| 15 | From now on I 'll be mine own executioner . ’ |
| 16 | The monstrosity of the exterminatus he contemplated had eclipsed that thread of instinct until now , all be it that exterminatus was the correct course of action . |
| 17 | We have to find ways of managing waiting more effectively and keeping the customer ( be it general practitioner or patient ) informed . |
| 18 | Whatever the age group we 're working with ( be it five year olds or fifty year olds ) the basic elements of drama remain the same : |
| 19 | There is no doubt that until he discovered this clothing ( be it artificial carapace or ‘ the whole armour of God ’ ) , Lewis was only half-formed as a writer , as a literary imagination , perhaps as a person . |
| 20 | ‘ The way things are going we shall lose more of our friends , or it could be us next time round . |