Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [subord] [pers pn] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her real sweetheart was an alcoholic but although he was her one and only true love she had impetuously married a solicitor . |
| 2 | It is absolutely clear that the Leader of the House has either no authority or insufficient courage to say whether that promise was categorical or whether it was what the country believes it to have been — evidence of a Prime Minister panicked into making a promise that he has no intention of keeping . |
| 3 | It 's going to be a long struggle getting established and until I am I do n't see how … ’ |
| 4 | John Major always looks so dowdy , Terry Stamp tries too hard and if I were him I 'd slash my wrists . ’ |
| 5 | Serum urea and electrolytes , liver function tests , coagulation , and red cell folate were seldom abnormal and when they were it was probably because of an unrelated coexistent disease . |
| 6 | She 's traumatised and dehydrated but otherwise unharmed but he 's got soul brother 's limbs where his own ought to be ; necrosis like frostbite , blood-death at the extremities but the extremities start at shoulder and groin ; he 's alive but if you were him you 'd rather not be . |
| 7 | She heard her mother 's voice on the day when she had announced her engagement : ‘ Well , you 're thirty-two and if he 's what you want I suppose you know your own mind . |
| 8 | By my judgement as the amendment reflects is that it is n't necessary but if it were I would have no hesitation s whatsoever in increasing the level of taxation to pay for what needs to be paid for . |