Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Obviously , if Jane says I 'm skipping and Mary says I 'm skipping we observe that on one occasion it is Jane who announces that she is skipping and on another it is Mary . |
| 32 | Well I 'm done now for till tomorrow morning and then thank god it 's Friday I say . |
| 33 | Yeah there 's the price it 's size it 's this product you know the reason we 're phone you because you 've been identified as by the estate agent or medical practice or school as being very suitable and they would very much like you to support this . |
| 34 | In addition there are dancers whose forte is to demonstrate the different national styles when Scottish , Polish , Hungarian and other national dances are included in such ballets as Coppélia and Swan Lake . |
| 35 | But in addition there are issues which form the local background to any given dispute , and other factors which constitute the broader societal context of conflict . |
| 36 | He says in Mexico for instance there are communities who depend on it for their livelihood and who benefit from the sale of the wood . |
| 37 | At present there are people who choose to display a green learner plate for a period of time after they have passed their test , but this is only optional and may lead to other coloured learner plates being sold which then may not be taken seriously . |
| 38 | well how can you not get somewhat attached to a child , I mean of course there 's children you do n't like , like adults you do n't like |
| 39 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 40 | Of course there are people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds ; of course we must do what we can about it . |
| 41 | Of course there were friends whom I could have asked , but I had seen an opportunity to be stubborn and had dismissed each of her suggested candidates with tiresome and irrelevant objections — too fat , too blonde , too tall , too many teeth . |
| 42 | Then erm , of course there were people who lectured on er gate courses on elementary German , there was a friend of Doctor , who used to go out and , to units and erm give lessons in German and erm there were , there was a unit of Polish erm soldiers stationed , they had an armoured train , believe it or not , which was erm parked at Saxmundham and erm every so often , particularly at night , they used to trample up and down the line . |
| 43 | At the other extreme there are women who have devoted themselves to perfecting physical beauty . |
| 44 | On the ground there are planes which will send enthusiasts into a spin . |
| 45 | For example there are people who are developing new plastics on industrial contracts erm within a department with our school . |
| 46 | Hess has protected them , although in theory they are people he should not even know . |
| 47 | When the rise in rents from 1912 onwards threatened to overwhelm the family economy it was women who protested and led rent strikes , for example in Leeds and , more famously , Glasgow , leading to the imposition of rent control in 1915 . |
| 48 | When I arrived and rang the bell it was Albert who showed me in . |
| 49 | She always brushed Corrie 's beautiful hair when she came to the rectory , and though she began teaching both children the alphabet it was Corrie who received the most attention . |
| 50 | In times of trouble it is children who suffer most — whether through war or the daily grind of poverty . |
| 51 | It is future planning it is growth it is commended to you all . |
| 52 | In mine it is Philonous who finally says , ‘ All right ’ ( though note that it is followed by ‘ but ’ ) . |
| 53 | She stopped abruptly , suddenly afraid to say the words aloud in case they were words he would n't want to hear . |
| 54 | He 's not from our way but John Reynolds of Swindon is … and he 's the man who 's job it was to string the champion 's rackets … here 's Erika Barnes to serve |
| 55 | Ferenc Puskas was Major Puskas and during the 1956 uprising there were reports he had been killed . |
| 56 | In cystic fibrosis there are people who are severely ill for whom it would be justified to try treatments even at a very experimental stage . |
| 57 | And that was The headmaster there was Mr he was . |
| 58 | Though they both wore the uniform of a Private it was plain who was of superior rank . |
| 59 | All right so it 's er it 's one down in the Mirror crossword it 's C something O something something |
| 60 | When the TUC expelled the electricians ' union it was Jordan who determinedly merged his engineering union with theirs , to the fury of the hard left . |