Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Joseph Hepworth was better known as the editor of the British Deaf Times , which he was for some years up to his death . |
| 2 | Wordsworth contributed to the growth of ‘ Humanity ’ , the climate of opinion in which Shaftesbury was able to proceed with factory legislation ; and surely his attitude of reverence towards landscape formed public opinion , so that one now needs planning permission to site a factory and the line of a motorway has to be negotiated ; certain areas have become National Parks , and one can not help noticing how many of these were districts where Wordsworth lived or with which he was in some way associated ( see Gazetteer ) . |
| 3 | Theodora wondered which it was in this case . |
| 4 | No , she told me she was in another place , I 've never heard of it , . |
| 5 | I no more say who I am in this case than I say I 'm off to my wife 's right in the lost-in-cloud case . |
| 6 | And you you were at this school till you were fourteen ? |
| 7 | A gift from Maurice , it 's true , but not one I 'm in any danger of forfeiting . ’ |
| 8 | Sarah was n't listening , she was the one she was with another guy . |
| 9 | Like the one he was with that night . |
| 10 | On the sixth one it was like this sort of year and I was getting into Christmas and that . |
| 11 | Somebody said in the paper shop that looking for the papers er I thought , I could n't see any , I was starting to walk out I said have you finished with the papers , said no there they are in that cabinet |
| 12 | He could sense that she had travelled far as a vagrant and had seen much and that like him she was in some way returning home . |
| 13 | Over there , at the , you ca n't see her she is behind that pillar and she 's wearing a peach jumper and |
| 14 | ‘ Tell him we 're on another planet . ’ |
| 15 | When he released her it was with such force that she almost fell to the floor . |
| 16 | To most children — and adults — coal is simply coal ; to me it was of many types — ell coal , tourha' , major , five quarter , parrot , main or gypsy . |
| 17 | Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise ; he was ‘ essentially useful to all with whom he is in any way connected , resolute and firm … of energetic character … ’ . |
| 18 | Perhaps this came about in part because his idol and friend , Wordsworth — to whom he was in some way in thrall — had left the district to go to France and make a settlement with his French mistress and daughter as a prelude to marrying his childhood sweetheart back in England . |
| 19 | what are the con it it 's with some schools are putting in |
| 20 | What they do , they look they look around and they weigh up up pros and cons up , and it it 's like these insurance brokers , they ring all over to buy cheapest insurance for you , well , that 's what Allied Dunbar are doing . |
| 21 | But er well he he was from that part of the town , Westend , that way you know . |
| 22 | I mean , you can see what I 'm like this evening . |
| 23 | Yeah , cos er Lorraine told me last , what Lorraine works every two weeks , what she 's on this weekend , so erm , so it 's two weeks ago she told |
| 24 | Whatever we were to each other , that we still are … |
| 25 | Features that are intrinsically valuable in our national citizenship could be undermined if we are so uncertain about what they are in any case . |
| 26 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 27 | We were quick to condemn American Open Champion , Curtis Strange , for voicing his opinion of a spectator , a cameraman — whatever it was during this year 's U.S.P.G.A. Championship . |
| 28 | ‘ I wonder , sometimes , what it is about that woman that haunts both you and me ? ’ |
| 29 | It is not always clear , though , what it is about some events that leads to severe and prolonged distress . |
| 30 | I do n't know what it is about this study … sort of phoney . |