Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those who voted against it were some closeted gays : if there was to be a purge , they did not wish to be among the victims . |
| 2 | Thought it might be a puff-ball . |
| 3 | There may be a hiatus in family or property matters or pressures that have been rumbling underground may come forcefully to the surface . |
| 4 | Then she would be a Turk , a slave , a dancing-girl , a duchess at a garden party ; and , later , Juliet . |
| 5 | If it did act , it would have made a jurisdictional error and its decision would be a nullity . |
| 6 | If the court on review believes that the requisite situation spoken of in the statute did not exist then the conclusion reached by the tribunal will be a nullity . |
| 7 | The resultant decision would be a nullity . |
| 8 | If he had answered the wrong question , his decision would be a nullity . |
| 9 | The speaking decision of a surveyor acting as an expert was pronounced to be a nullity in Apus Properties Ltd v Douglas Henry Farrow Ltd [ 1989 ] NPC 38 . |
| 10 | A.D. There are masses of emperor 's tombs around here still unexcavated — there must be a tutankamen-type find in almost everyone of them . |
| 11 | FINALLY : Henry Cooper fought what everyone thought would be a pushover opponent at Leicester . |
| 12 | I think : this is going to be a pushover . |
| 13 | I did n't want to behave like some foul-mouthed old broad , but I did n't want to be a pushover either . |
| 14 | I thought you 'd be a pushover ; |
| 15 | It was a pity one could not invade without giving advance warnings and following the rules : it would be a pushover . |
| 16 | God is n't calling me to be a cook , Your Excellency , he 's calling me to be a contemplative . |
| 17 | Michael Salata , 38 , who at times claims to be a terrorist and at other times a CIA agent , was last night being held on £150 bail . |
| 18 | This could always be a terrorist attack . ’ |
| 19 | If you 're Libyan or Lebanese you must be a terrorist . ’ |
| 20 | Our people have been in touch with the police , just checking to see if there could be a terrorist element . |
| 21 | ‘ If you 're really pretending to be English , then you must be a terrorist , I suppose . |
| 22 | Like this he could be a sack of rubbish . |
| 23 | Silver Reed tell me though that there will soon be a ribber for this machine . |
| 24 | ‘ Hell it could be a love letter for all I know , ’ he said of the missive from Ms Bettye Fulford of Macon , Georgia . |
| 25 | That 's good because the letter could contain blackmail , be a love letter or anything . |
| 26 | Given that Finn 's Hotel is where the author 's adored Nora Barnacle was working at the time they met , will it be a love story ? |
| 27 | It had to be a love match . |
| 28 | ‘ This is supposed to be a love song . |
| 29 | She arched and twisted with pleasure before calling , ‘ Peter , be a love and pass me my sponge-bag , would you ? ’ |
| 30 | Will he be a computer too , sitting in a dark office ? ’ |