Example sentences of "[coord] be [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 Such a representation would not give rise to an estoppel , because , as was said in Jorden v. Money ( 1854 ) 5 H.L.C. 185 ( below , p.252 ) , a representation as to the future must be embodied as a contract or be nothing .
2 Or is something else going on ?
3 Or is everything we do determined and preordained ?
4 mm , well , this , or is everybody happy with the , the format as it is ? er .
5 Are you going to do the other one , or is somebody else ?
6 It looks very odd , yes , when the heads hardly go above the the seat , you do n't have is it a kid driving or a an adult or is anybody driving !
7 Was that just a shadow by the house , or was someone hiding there , watching her ?
8 The second is that Yorkshire finished 1989 four points from the bottom with a one-day record almost as poor ; it seems there has been no improvement , nor is one in sight .
9 No systematic survey of vegetation , habitat , or species losses due to agricultural development has been undertaken for the whole of the UK uplands , nor is one planned .
10 ‘ But then you 're not supposed to — nor is anyone else except me .
11 ‘ For a start , because I 'm not going to let you die — nor is anyone else in this hospital .
12 But then , as the chart above shows , nor is anyone 's .
13 It will be noted that Nicholl is not listed as a colour sergeant , and nor is anyone else .
14 Nothing at all was happening there , nor was anything likely to happen .
15 Nor was anything said about unsolved mysteries such as the widespread dieback of ash trees , which the Commission itself had studied since 1960 .
16 Nor was anything said about the fact that federal support of civilian R&D has been at a ground-losing $14 000 million for the past three years — down by $3000 million since Reagan took office .
17 Nor was anyone eager to buy them then .
18 Urges to punish those who repudiated the woman without whom they would have got nowhere and been nobody have surged in my breast .
19 Tiger mothers are on their own and are nothing like so well protected .
20 Women because they are weak and stupid and live in the shadow of men and are nothing compared to them , and the Sea because it has always frustrated me , destroying what I have built , washing away what I have left , wiping clean the marks I have made .
21 They are bony fish ( with swimbladders ) related to herrings , trout , etc. , and are nothing to do with sharks .
22 Despite the saints involved , both customs derive from Celtic paganism , and are none the worse for that .
23 The ritual , mysticism , animal blood-letting and involvement in unnecessary political and financial dealings , are merely additional undesirable activities , and are none of them essential to the needs of the god-hungry masses .
24 You know that I love you and am nothing without you .
25 But you just said it was , I should have my wits about me and be one ahead of them .
26 Obviously having such a a close brush with death is something that you you 've you 've obviously lived through and be something that er you must feel strongly about .
27 Do n't try and be something that you 're not
28 You get somebody who is very outrageous on stage but who is maybe very shy off stage , and I think being on stage in front of an audience enables you to step outside of your own body and be somebody else totally different for that period of time .
29 KILLER and GET UP AND BE SOMEBODY .
30 Why could n't she slide out of herself and be someone else , if only for the ten seconds it would take to push open the door of the hotel and step across the threshold ?
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